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Ellie or betsy

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Strawberryjam16 · 08/04/2019 20:12

Opinions please

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PickwickThePlockingDodo · 08/04/2019 20:14

Not Ellie, there are millions of them.
Betsy is cute 🙂

elephantoverthehill · 08/04/2019 20:14

Sorry Betsy is taken, she's Elizabeth on her birth certificate so she can be whatever when she grows up.

MikeUniformMike · 08/04/2019 20:16

Betsy

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Strawberryjam16 · 08/04/2019 20:16

I wouldn’t want Elizabeth it would just be Betsy

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Amberheartkitty · 08/04/2019 20:18

Betsy. Way way too many Ellie’s about.

ArtisanPopcorn · 08/04/2019 20:19

Both a bit too cutesy for me but I'd go for Betsy as there are so many Ellies and Ellas ages from babies to 30s. It's been done to death.

elephantoverthehill · 08/04/2019 20:21

Be prepared for her name often mis-spelt as Besty Grin

daisypond · 08/04/2019 20:22

I like Betsy but I would want Elizabeth as a proper name on the birth certificate. Ellie is a bit bland. It was nice once but is now a bit dated perhaps. I know loads in their early 20s. I’d probably go for Betsy.

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Strawberryjam16 · 08/04/2019 20:23

I really don’t want to use Elizabeth as her name would be Betsy which is what I like rather than Elizabeth !

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Tiramisu1 · 08/04/2019 20:24

Ellie is so overused and dull!

Betsy is cute but I much prefer Elizabeth.

MondeoFan · 08/04/2019 20:24

Ellie is far far too common. Trust me I've worked with children past 10 years. No way I would choose Ellie, Amelia or Grace.
Wayyyyy overused

RoseMartha · 08/04/2019 20:25

Ellie

PepsiPeach · 08/04/2019 20:42

Betsy. I don't think you need Elizabeth on the birth cert at all, Betsy is lovely as a stand alone name.

Ellie is horrific. Please don't use this!

PickwickThePlockingDodo · 08/04/2019 20:47

Yes Betsy is cute, Elizabeth is not.
Betsy is fine as a name in it's own right.

Shelbybear · 08/04/2019 22:13

Ellie

WoahThereMama · 08/04/2019 22:15

Ellie is very overused and bland so by default - Betsy.

SprogletsMum · 08/04/2019 22:16

Betsy is what I wanted to call my dd but dp wouldn't let me. She even looks like a Betsy.
Go for Betsy!

GreenTulips · 08/04/2019 22:18

I prefer Bess.

Ellie is now yawn

MercyBodle · 09/04/2019 00:35

Betsy.

Though I also would prefer something else with pet form Betsy - Elizabeth, Beatrice, Beatrix, Lisbeth, Elspeth etc.

breadzeb · 09/04/2019 00:37

Betsy might be cute but when she is 14/24/34 etc the last thing she is going to want to be seen as is 'cute'

I like Ellie, although it is a bit over popular

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Strawberryjam16 · 09/04/2019 07:45

I think Betsy is fine as a name and grows with a child. I do find this site quite funny when you give two names which are fine as names alone yet people always have to lengthen them

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Marlena1 · 09/04/2019 07:52

I think Ellie is much nicer (probably why more popular). Tess?

e22aed247a · 09/04/2019 10:57

Ellie is much nicer imo

mummymonica · 09/04/2019 10:57

Betsy 😍

DarlingLittleBabyName · 09/04/2019 11:36

Betsy! i know a little one and it is darling on her!! Ellie is so common and boring nowadays x