Bettina
Bettina, also spelt Betina, is a female name used mainly in the German, Danish, Italian, and Hungarian languages. In German and Danish, it is a diminutive of Elisabeth; in Italian, of Elisabetta and Benedetta; and in Hungarian, of Erzsébet.
Benedetta is the Italian feminine form of Benedict, meaning "Blessed," while Elisabetta is the Italian form of Elizabeth, which itself comes from the Hebrew name Elisheva or Elisheba, meaning "my God is an oath".
People
- Bettina Allentoft, Danish footballer
- Bettina Aller, Danish businesswoman
- Bettina d'Andrea, Italian legal scholar and professor
- Bettina Aptheker, American political activist, feminist professor and author
- Bettina Arndt, Australian writer, commentator and sex therapist
- Bettina von Arnim, German writer and novelist
- Bettina von Arnim , German painter
- Bettina Bähr-Losse, German lawyer and politician
- Bettina Balàka, Austrian novelist
- Bettina Ballard, American fashion editor and writer
- Bettina Banoun, Norwegian tax lawyer and actor
- Bettina Bäumer, Austrian-born Indian scholar of religion
- Bettina Baumgärtel, German art historian
- Bettina Bedwell, American journalist and fashion illustrator
- Bettina Beer, German professor
- Bettina Belitz, German writer and journalist
- Bettina Berens, German footballer
- Bettina Bergo, Canadian philosopher
- Bettina Bildhauer, German academic
- Bettina Blumenberg, German field hockey player
- Bettina Böhler, German film editor
- Bettina Borrmann Wells, Bavarian-born English suffragette
- Bettina Böttinger, German television presenter
- Bettina Boxall, American journalist
- Bettina Bradbury, New Zealand-Canadian historian
- Bettina F. Bradbury, American screenwriter
- Bettina Bucher, Swiss sport shooter
- Bettina Bunge, West German tennis player
- Bettina Burr, American museum trustee
- Bettina Bush, voice actor and singer, original voice of Rainbow Brite
- Bettina Carlos, Filipina actress and host
- Bettina Cass, Australian sociologist and social policy adviser
- Bettina Cirone, American photographer
- Bettina Cointre, French politician
- Bettina Lili Czifra, Hungarian gymnast
- Bettina Dajka, Hungarian retired handball player
- Bettina Diesner, Austrian tennis player
- Bettina Ehrlich, Austrian artist, writer and illustrator of children's books
- Bettina Eick, German mathematician
- Bettina Ernst, Swiss gymnast
- Bettina Evers, German ice hockey forward
- Bettina Fábián, Hungarian swimmer
- Bettina Falk, Danish football defender
- Bettina Freeman, American opera singer
- Bettina Fulco, Argentine retired tennis player
- Bettina Gaus, German journalist
- Bettina Geysen, Belgian politician
- Bettina Gilois, American screenwriter
- Bettina Goislard, French United Nations official
- Betina Gonzalez, Argentine writer
- Bettina Gorton, wife of Australian Prime Minister John Gorton
- Bettina Graziani, French fashion model
- Bettina Grossman, American visual artist
- Bettina Gruber, Swiss cross-country skier
- Bettina Hagedorn, German politician
- Bettina Hamilton, Australian film producer, producer of 2022 film Monolith
- Bettina Hauert, German professional golfer
- Bettina Hauge, Danish anthropologist
- Bettina Heim, Swiss figure skater
- Bettina Heinen-Ayech, German artist
- Bettina Heltberg, Danish writer and actor
- Bettina Herlitzius, German politician
- Bettina Hoffmann, several people
- Bettina Hohls, German artist and designer
- Bettina Hollings, New Zealand television producer and media executive
- Bettina Honoré, Danish windsurfer
- Bettina Hoppe, German actress
- Bettina Horst, Chilean politician
- Bettina Hörstrup, German lawyer
- Bettina Hoy, German competition equestrian rider
- Bettina Huber, Liechtensteiner footballer
- Bettina Riddle von Hutten, American-born novelist
- Betina Jæger, Danish dressage rider
- Bettina Jarasch, German politician
- Betina Jozami, Argentine tennis player
- Bettina Kadner, Spanish aviator, first woman to pilot a passenger plane in Europe
- Bettina Kämpf, German rower
- Betina Kastbjerg, Danish politician
- Bettina G. Keller, German professor
- Bettina Knells, German sport shooter
- Bettina Korek, American arts advocate
- Bettina Köster, German musician
- Betina Krahn, American writer
- Bettina Krug, German footballer
- Bettina Kudla, German politician
- Bettina Kühn, Swiss cyclist
- Bettina Kupfer, German actress and writer
- Betina Langerhuus, Danish cricketer
- Bettina Le Beau, Belgian actress
- Bettina Lemström, Finnish sailor
- Bettina Lerner, British television producer
- Bettina Liano, Italian-Australian fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Bettina Linn, American novelist and college professor
- Bettina Löbel, German swimmer
- Bettina Lotsch, German chemist
- Bettina L. Love, African-American educator
- Bettina Lugk, German politician
- Bettina Lüscher, German journalist
- Bettina Masuch, German theatrologist
- Bettina Meiser, researcher of the psychosocial aspects of genetics and cancer
- Bettina Meyer, German Antarctic researcher
- Bettina Moissi, German stage and film actress
- Bettina Müller, several people
- Betina O'Connell, Argentine actress
- Bettina Oneto, Peruvian actress and comedian
- Bettina Pásztor, Hungarian handball player
- Bettina Perut, Chilean journalist
- Betina Petit-Frère, Haitian footballer
- Bettina Petzold-Mähr, Liechtensteiner politician and former volleyball player
- Bettina Plank, Austrian karateka
- Bettina Plevan, American lawyer
- Betina Popova, Russian ice dancer
- Bettina Popp, German former track and field sprinter
- Bettina Pousttchi, German artist
- Bettina Rausch, Austrian politician
- Bettina Renz, German political scientist
- Bettina Rheims, French photographer
- Bettina Richmond, German-American mathematician and murder victim
- Betina Riegelhuth, Norwegian handball player
- Bettina Röhl, German journalist and author
- Bettina Romero, Argentine lawyer and politician
- Bettina Sabatini, Italian marathon runner
- Bettina Sågbom, Finnish journalist
- Bettina Santo Domingo, American filmmaker
- Bettina Schaller, Swiss labour market executive and president of the World Employment Confederation
- Bettina Schausten, German journalist
- Bettina Schieferdecker, East German artistic gymnast
- Bettina Schmidt, East German luger
- Bettina Scholl-Sabbatini, Luxembourgish sculptor, painter and ceramist
- Bettina Sellmann, German artist
- Bettina Shaw-Lawrence, English painter
- Bettina Skrzypczak, Polish/Swiss composer
- Bettina Somers, Canadian painter
- Betina Soriano, Argentine footballer
- Bettina Soriat, Austrian singer
- Bettina Speckmann, German computer scientist
- Bettina Staiger, German lichenologist
- Bettina Stangneth, german philosopher
- Bettina Stark-Watzinger, German politician
- Bettina Steinke, American painter and muralist
- Bettina Stumpf, German volleyball player
- Betina Temelkova, Bulgarian-Israeli judoka
- Bettina Thiele, German archer
- Bettina Tietjen, German television presenter and talkshow host
- Bettina Trabert, German chess Woman Grandmaster
- Bettina Tucci Bartsiotas, American politician
- Bettina Ustrowski, German swimmer
- Bettina Valdorf, German sport shooter
- Bettina Villars, Swiss badminton player
- Bettina Vollath, Austrian politician
- Bettina Walter, German documentary film producer
- Bettina Warburg, American psychiatrist
- Bettina Wegner, German singer-songwriter
- Bettina Welch, New Zealand-born Australian-based actress
- Bettina Werner, pioneering artist of the world's first salt crystal paintings
- Bettina Wiegmann, German footballer
- Bettina Wiesmann, German politician
- Bettina Wulff, spouse of former German president
- Bettina Würth, German-born Swiss businesswoman and billionaire
- Bettina Zimmermann, German model and actress
- Bettina Zipp, German sprinter
- Bettina Zopf, Austrian politician
- Bettina von Zwehl, German artist
Fictional characters
- Bettina, a recurring character in the TV series Six Feet Under, played by Kathy Bates
- Bettina Peterson, in the film Cast Away, the woman to whom Tom Hank's character delivers a package at the end