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Meaning & Origins
Pet form of Elizabeth, dating from the 18th century. In the 17th century it is also found occasionally as a pet form of Beatrice. It is now used as a name in its own right.
| 62nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
English: habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a topopgraphical name from this word (in its plural form), for example Wells in Somerset or Wellsnext-the-Sea in Norfolk.
| 128th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bettye, Bette, Bettie, Betti, Betta, Bett, Bettey, Beth, Bettty, Bettu
Wallace, Willis, Walls, Weller, Wills, Wellman, Wellington, Wallis, Welling, Wellborn
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