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What do you think of the name Betsy?

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Supercherry · 24/02/2009 22:43

Honest opinions please.

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Hulababy · 25/02/2009 13:35

I quite like it as a nickname, nut for me it sis not a reaal full name as such.

ohdearwhatamess · 25/02/2009 13:33

Love it! I would use Elizabeth on birth cert. though.

KERALA1 · 25/02/2009 13:26

Agree with those that say go for Elisabeth and call her Betsy. Then if she ends being a corporate lawyer or tax inspector she can revert to Elisabeth

kitty78 · 25/02/2009 13:19

I LOVE Betsy and would have gladly used it myself had my OH not once been engaged to a girl called Betsy! Use it definitely - am very jealous!!

jellyhead · 25/02/2009 11:52

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permatired · 25/02/2009 11:49

I love Betsy and know of a very glamorous grown up Betsy in our town - I do think of it as American (this lady is), though perhaps that's because of "Heavens to Betsy" - I say that all the time of course!

stroppyknickers · 25/02/2009 11:40

Poppy - excellent choice, am surprised you didn't go with it.

KateF · 25/02/2009 11:39

I quite like it actually. I don't know any young Betsy's but do know a Betty which is a nn for Bethany. I would agree with having Elizabeth as the "official" name though.

woodenspoon2 · 25/02/2009 11:38

DS2 is called Poppy, meheheh. Not really. Although did flirt with Evelyn.
Definitely supermodel name. Or apple pie mogul.

dinkymum · 25/02/2009 11:37

honestly my first thought was no but then i mulled it over as i like to do and decided it could really work nicely!

stroppyknickers · 25/02/2009 11:36

ooh what is it? dd will be thrilled to get to be a supermodel. i shall tell her it's practically a given!

FairLadyRantALot · 25/02/2009 11:36

I don't like it at all, sorry!

woodenspoon2 · 25/02/2009 11:35

Ah, stroppyknickers, my DS2's name was described as effeminate on a thread a while back! I have a weakness for gravitas in girls' names

schneebly · 25/02/2009 11:32

I think it is lovely.

ForeverOptimistic · 25/02/2009 11:28

I like it but wouldn't choose it myself. A little too cutesy for me.

stroppyknickers · 25/02/2009 11:26

I have never had anything other than positive reactions to dd being Betsy. Her teacher even told me she'd wasnted to see what a Betsy looked like as she'd never had one before!

LuciaRose · 25/02/2009 11:25

I love Betsy, but it is very cutesy. I think I would give a little girl the name Elizabeth. You could call her Betsy, but she could choose to be Elizabeth, Eliza, Liza, Lizzie, Betty, Beth, Bessie or Bess - all absolutely delightful names - if she wanted.

Doha · 25/02/2009 11:21

awful name

stroppyknickers · 25/02/2009 11:19

woodenspoon2 - I will tell dd what her options are when she gets home. She had been contemplating being a GP...

wilbur · 25/02/2009 11:05

Love it, but would prob use Elizabeth for long but then I'm old-fashioned like that. I know a set of twins called Betsy and Spike - they are v cool.

mrswoolf · 25/02/2009 11:04

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princessmel · 25/02/2009 11:04

I like it

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Supercherry · 25/02/2009 11:02

I genuinely don't see an issue with a prime minister named Betsy, do not think they are at odds at all. A rose by any other name....

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woodenspoon2 · 25/02/2009 10:18

Bette is beautiful, go Bette! Betsy is an apple-cheeked, pinafore-wearing apple-pie eating / baking American little girl / granny.
Or a skinny sallow ironically named supermodel...

bluebump · 25/02/2009 10:15

I think it's a fab name.