Brief Life History of Bette
Bette Elson was born in Kentucky, United States.
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places called Elson in Hampshire or Shropshire. The former is from the Old English personal name Æthelswīth (composed of the elements æthel ‘noble’ + swīth ‘strong’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’; the latter from the Old English personal name Elli (see Ellington ) + Old English tūn ‘settlement’ or dūn ‘hill’.
English: possibly an altered form of Elston .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the Yiddish male personal name Elye, from Hebrew Eliyahu ‘Elijah’ (see Elias ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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