Betty

[MrsLouisTheroux]

I love it and wondered what others thought?

Please dont.

Oh :(
Anyone out there like it?

It's cute.
Would you give a full name like Elizabeth or Bridget?

No to Betty. Betsy is much softer sounding if you'd consider that?

Betty is COOL

It's not for my baby but I told my friend I'd get opinions on here as she loves it and her DH doesn't. She loves it on its own. I do too!!

@ Betty is COOL !!

I love it. Traditional but not fussy and I can see that once it is given to a child it will really "become" them

Oh I quite like it. I'd probably use Elizabeth as her full name just in case she needs to have a lot of gravitas when she's older

I LOVE Betty! It's the best name ever!

Could be Elizabeth or Bettina if you want to use it as a nn. But I think is cool/strong enough to stand alone.

No, sorry.

I just read a Lisa Jewell book where the pretty heroine is called Betty. I tried to like it and think of a glamorous girl but it was impossible. I felt it was just a beautiful girl who got landed with a really bad, dowdy name.

I like it as a nickname for Elizabeth but not standalone.

There were two Betty's at DDs toddler group. I love it. I'd give baby a longer version (Elizabeth I suppose) so that she can do what she likes with her name when she's older - she could be Betty, Betsy, Beth, Liz, Lizzie if she prefers.

I like it but give Elizabeth as the full name.

I almost got put off when I had a drug using pt with the name, but still like it.

My mum's name is Betty so I'm a bit biased. I like it, put prefer Betsy as a variant.

LOVE IT!!

It is definitely cool. I called the bloody puppy Betty a few months ago not expecting to get knocked up but now I am and can't use it now .

Betsy is lovely too but I just couldn't have my child share a name with Denise Van Outen's loin fruit. No way.

Its lovely. DD 15 best friend is called Betty. No nasty connotations I am aware of.

Bunny Change the puppy's name!!

I LOVE it as a nn for Elizabeth. I personally wouldn't use it as a stand alone name.

Love it! A strong and cool name. Definitely not Betsy though, too "cute" somehow

Bunny, change the puppy's name to something else short and two syllables. Puppy won't know any better.

I wanted to call my dogs Hector and Marlowe. OH wanted Oscar and Milo. He won, but I discovered they'd answer to Hector and Marlowe anyway .
They're not that bright. At least mine aren't.

Of course you might have a boy!

I don't want a boy!! I really want another DD!

MN has advised me before to change the dog's name - I am now giving it serious consideration!

Just don't change it to Lettie, say, or Betsy.

That could get really confusing in the future.

Very, very popular around here. I'd use it as a nn for Elizabeth, not on its own, though. Prefer Eliza not that you asked