home > girl names > babette

Babette - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Babette

[ 2 syll. ba-bet-te, bab-e-tte ] The girl name Babette is pronounced as BahBEHT KEY. Babette is used chiefly in the French, English, and German languages. Its origin is Hebrew and Latin. Biblical name: The name developed as a diminutive of Elizabeth and Barbara. It was in recent times popularized by the Danish film Babette's Feast (1987), which was based on a Karen Blixen story. The name Babetta (English and Hungarian) is a variant of Babette.

Babette is a pet form of the name Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish) in the English, French, and German languages.

Babette is also a pet form of the name Elizabeth (English) in the French language.

Babette is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1961, 0.009% of baby girls were given the name Babette. It was #785 in rank then. The baby name has seen a loss in popularity since then, and is today of very light use. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly linked to Babette, Elizabeth (English) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Babette include Batya (Hebrew), Batyah (Hebrew), Beta (Czech), Bethie (English), Bethy (English), Beti, Betta (English and Italian), Bette (English), Betti (Estonian, German, and Russian), Bettie (English), Betty (English), Bettye (English), Béda (Czech), Biddie (English and Irish), Biddy (English, Irish, and Scandinavian), Bobbet (English), Bobbette (English), Bobette (English), Babetta (English and Hungarian), and Babita (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Babette: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
Popularity Trend
for Babette
from 1900 to 2008
Variant Popularity Chart
for Babette
in 2008
 

Meaning of Babette Meaning of Babetta Meaning of Barbara Meaning of Barbar Meaning of Barb Meaning of Bab Meaning of Bebe Meaning of Bibi Meaning of Bobbi Meaning of Bobbie Meaning of Bobby Meaning of Babe Meaning of Babs Meaning of Barbie Meaning of Barbera Meaning of Barby Meaning of Barbra Meaning of Babb Meaning of Babica Meaning of Babita Meaning of Barabara Meaning of Barba Meaning of Barbarit Meaning of Barbarita Meaning of Barbeeleen Meaning of Barbel Meaning of Barbette Meaning of Barbi Meaning of Babara Meaning of Beatrix Meaning of Beatrice Meaning of Bea Meaning of Beatris Meaning of Leatrice Meaning of Roberta Meaning of Bobbi Meaning of Robert Meaning of Bobbie Meaning of Bob Meaning of Bobby Meaning of Bobbie Joe Meaning of Bobbisue Meaning of Elizabeth Meaning of Else Meaning of Elisabeth Meaning of Lise Meaning of Elsa Meaning of Lisa Meaning of Lisbeth Meaning of Elisa Meaning of Isabel Meaning of Sissy Meaning of Elly Meaning of Elli Meaning of Ellie Meaning of Elsi Meaning of Lili Meaning of Lilli Meaning of Lilian Meaning of Lilly Meaning of Sissi Meaning of Elspeth Meaning of Eliza Meaning of Eliz Meaning of Elise Meaning of Elysia Meaning of Beth Meaning of Bet Meaning of Bess Meaning of Lizeth Meaning of Lizbeth Meaning of Liza Meaning of Liz Meaning of Lisbet Meaning of Lis Meaning of Lizbett Meaning of Lizbet Meaning of Lissy Meaning of Lissie Meaning of Lisl Meaning of Lisel Meaning of Lisbett Meaning of Lizbiff Meaning of Lizy Meaning of Lizette Meaning of Veta Meaning of Tetty Meaning of Lyssi Meaning of Lizzy Meaning of Litzy Meaning of Lizzie Meaning of Lizz Meaning of Lilibeth Meaning of Lilibet Meaning of Betty Meaning of Bettye Meaning of Biff Meaning of Biffy Meaning of Bit Meaning of Buffy Meaning of Bettie Meaning of Bette Meaning of Betsy Meaning of Bessie Meaning of Bessy Meaning of Bethan Meaning of Bethie Meaning of Bethy Meaning of Betsey Meaning of Leasa Meaning of Leeza Meaning of Leisa Meaning of Leisel Meaning of Libbie Meaning of Libby Meaning of Elyssa Meaning of Elissa Meaning of Elize Meaning of Elle Meaning of Elsie Meaning of Elsy Meaning of Elyse Meaning of Elizebeth Meaning of Elisabethe Meaning of Elizabith Meaning of Eliszabeth Meaning of Libbi Meaning of Lillian Meaning of Isobel Meaning of Elzabeth Meaning of Etti Meaning of Etty Meaning of Isabelita Meaning of Isabella Meaning of Elyzabeth Meaning of Lisabeth Meaning of Lisabette Meaning of Lyzette Meaning of Lysbeth Meaning of Lissette Meaning of Lizabeth Meaning of Lizveth Meaning of Lizzi Meaning of Isa Meaning of Eleisa Meaning of Eliesse Meaning of Elis Meaning of Belicia Meaning of Belita Meaning of Bella Meaning of Bessi Meaning of Betsi Meaning of Bett Meaning of Betta Meaning of Ellissa Meaning of Ellyse Meaning of Elsabeth Meaning of Elizbeth Meaning of Elizabiff Meaning of Elizabet Meaning of Isaline Meaning of Lise Meaning of Isbel Meaning of Cecilia Meaning of Eleanor Meaning of Helen Meaning of Lily Meaning of Alice Meaning of Elisha Meaning of Felicity Meaning of Melissa Meaning of Alison Meaning of Aliza Meaning of Biff Meaning of Ellen Meaning of Ella Meaning of Esther Meaning of Henrietta Meaning of Ellis Meaning of Elis Meaning of Elias Meaning of Elijah Meaning of Ellis