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Names like Betty?

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AmberGuide · 03/06/2024 01:16

Have made 2 threads in a row, sorry about that, but at least they are mostly different topics!

I really want to use the name Betty but I can't, so I was wondering if there are any names with the same feel? Not necessarily nicknamey names, but just the feel of them. Can't use any Rose names, and I like Beth but not as much as Betty, there's just something so sweet about it.

Also no longer forms of Betty that I can shorten, because I just can't call her Betty at all (even as a diminutive) TIA!

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Firebird83 · 08/06/2024 09:54

My Elizabeth is Betsy

Upinthenightagain · 04/06/2024 08:37

Bonnie/ Bonnita ?

WaitingForMojo · 04/06/2024 01:51

Esther nn Etty
Henrietta nn Hetty

Polly
Nancy
Florence / Flo
Eleanor / Nellie
Annabel / Annie
Maggie
Evangeline / Evie
Dorothy / Dot
Gertie
Doris
Kitty
Ivy

Euridicefortuna · 04/06/2024 01:49

Elizabeth>Buffy

RohRan · 04/06/2024 01:40

Can anyone help me with nub theory !

Names like Betty?
Names like Betty?
Aria999 · 04/06/2024 01:34

Ottily

Aria999 · 04/06/2024 01:32

Elspeth
Arriety
Hetta
Oralie

Aria999 · 04/06/2024 01:28

Bethany
Hester (Hetty)
Harriet (Hattie)

PennyPugwash · 03/06/2024 23:57

Ellie?

ODFOx · 03/06/2024 23:42

Katherine (Kitty)

ODFOx · 03/06/2024 23:42

Betty-adjacent is harder than I expected!
Fenella (Nelly)
Mary (Molly or Polly)
Bridget (Bridie)
Harriet (Hattie)
Patricia (Pattie)
Henrietta (Hettie)

But I think Harriet/Hattie is the most Betty adjacent.

HH96 · 03/06/2024 23:29

I feel like Elsie wouldn't stick as a nn for Eloise. I had a friend called Eloise and she had nearly no nn's except completely obscure ones that weren't really names. She had El and Squigg.

Dorothy or Dorothea / Dotty
Matilda / Tilly
Penelope / Penny
Margaret / Maggie or Peggy
Josephine or Josette / Josie

Civilservant · 03/06/2024 23:11

Margaret / Daisy or Meg

OnLockdown · 03/06/2024 23:09

Jeannie, Effie, Willa, Emmy

Wheelbarrowbabe · 03/06/2024 22:32

Mathilda - Mattie
Miriam - Mimi
Genevieve - Gigi, Ginny, Genny, Vivi, Evie
Camilla - Millie
Eleanor or Cornelia or Penelope - Nellie
Penelope or Tuppence - Penny
Lucie
Polly (I believe this name is a traditional nickname of Mary)
Dorothy - Dottie or Dolly
Rowena or Edwina - Winnie
Robin or Roberta - Bobbie

ThinkingAgainAndAgain · 03/06/2024 22:25

Magda/Maggie

ButtonMoonBlanketSky · 03/06/2024 22:19

Elsbeth/Elspeth
Vivienne
Joan

FawnDrench · 03/06/2024 19:41

Victoria - Vicky
Henrietta - Hetty
Elizabeth - Lizzie
Georgina - Georgie
Cassandra - Cassie
Daniela - Dani, Ellie

Nannyfannybanny · 03/06/2024 17:40

Betty, I can only see Frank Spencer,"some Mothers Do 'ave them". Why does everyone on MN have to have a name you can shorten/nickname. Folk I know in real life, family, friends, Richard is Richard,robin is robin .

MumofSpud · 03/06/2024 17:35

I wanted Betty for my cat, DD wanted Bessie so we compromised- Betsy!

Roastiesarethebestbit · 03/06/2024 17:32

Constance / Connie

Jocelyn / Josie

Evangleine / Eve

Sarah / Sadie

Felicity / Fliss

Florence / Flossie

ItsReallyOnlyMe · 03/06/2024 17:30

If you already have a Rosie then I'm not sure about having a Josie as well.

There's also

Cornelia/Penelope - Nelly
Edith - Edie
Colette/Greta - Etta
Francesca - Frankie

Wallabyone · 03/06/2024 17:25

Some lovely names here! I even like Marjie for Marjorie. How about Jeanie-I love Jean.

mewkins · 03/06/2024 17:10

Eliza, Nancy, Nina, Kitty/Kit, polly, Penny, Louise, Phoebe, Zoe, Laura, Alice, Florence, Olive.

All feel similar to Betty to me. I think you're trying yourself in knots looking for a name that can be shortened (so trying to find two names you love) which is making it trickier.

Theoldcuriosityshop · 03/06/2024 17:08

Elsie is a name in its own right, not a nn for Eloise which is a beautiful name. What is this obsession for nicknames, I deliberately chose names that couldn't be shortened etc.