Ellie or betsy

[Strawberryjam16]

Opinions please

Betsy is lovely but I don’t think I’d want to not have a full name for applying for jobs etc. Have you considered other names like Beatrice etc ?

I just think why put a name on the BC that you never intend to use and once they are hired for a job they all call you the shorter name anyway! Betsy is what I prefer

Not keen on either. Betsy is the least bad (sorry )

If you call her Elizabeth you can shorten to either Ellie or Betsy. Or there are many other short forms she can choose from as she gets older.

I prefer Ellie and it is very popular (but if that doesn't bother you then go for it).
What about Elsie as an alternative.

I don’t see Betsy being any different to Emily , Lucy etc of which I know many who are in good jobs

Betsy but use Elizabeth, your aren’t naming a doll, what your prefer is not the priority.

Betsy- love it
Ellie is 'common'.

They do both sound like nicknames though because they have been used for hundreds of years as shortening of names in constant uses.
Might be a better idea to just pick an actual short name that is used as a stand alone name otherwise you will always get people assuming she is called Elizabeth or Eleanor.
Emily and Lucy are commonly used as stand alone names even though they can also be longer names..
Betsy and Ellie just arent really.
Itd be like naming your child Cathie then being annoyed everyone assumed she was called Catherine. People just will assume that.

Betsy

Op Betsy is lovely but can you imagine a doctor or a lawyer or a prime minister called Betsy? It's a cute name for a child but it's not a grown up name.

Betsy
or Elsie instead of Ellie

Emily & Lucy are not diminutives of longer names, whereas Betsy is derived from Elizabeth.

Betsy is OK for a toddler.

IMO, Betsy is the kind of name you'd call a cow or a beat-up old car

I think of people sifting through CVs and coming across what looks like a shortened name and just thinking, "What? Nah! Next..."
I think honestly you are narrowing options for your dd later on down the line if she wants to make certain career choices

The people doing the hiring and firing when our babies are older will all be called cute nick name type of names anyway so I doubt they will care.

I know a few Betsys and none have Elizabeth on bc.

Ella

Really love the name Betsy💕💜

I don't know anyone called Ellie!

I prefer Betsy - it has more personality than Ellie. Ellie is safer though in that it doesn't divide people as much.

Betsy is better
However a very gypsy traveller name.

Definately Betsy. Ellie is done to absolute death.

Betsy is the better of the two. Cute and then quirky and sexy when she gets older. Don't think it will negatively affect her image as regards recruitment when older, at all. More likely stand out and increase her chances

I know a solicitor called Betsy and her name doesn’t seem to hold her back.
I agree with OP about putting the name you want to us on the BC. I have a Tess and everyone thinks I should have put Teresa, but it’s just not the same.

Not a fan of Betsy (or Elizabeth ha!) So I'd go with Ellie, it's been popular for a while so parents are possibly avoiding it more now?

Betsy just doesn’t sound like a name to me - I have worked places where I’ve seen CVs binned over being deemed to have silly names / not made an effort. So I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to do it but at the same time it’s the fashion with babies now so hopefully by the time they’re adults no one would think anything of it. So I wouldn’t but of your two I’d go Betsy.
There was a poster in here who called her daughter something short - I’m sure it was something like Beth or Betsy - only for the daughter to decide to use the traditional full version as her nickname.