What do you think of the name Betsy?

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Honest opinions please.

It's quite common in the US but more in the 30 yr olds. I know several Betsys and a 3 year old Betty. All Elizabeths but only ever called by their nn.

I don't really like it it all. Not quite sure why, it feels a bit wrong for a grown up (feels too old fashioned in a little woman indoors type of way) and too trying to be cutsy for a little girl. I quite like Elisabeth, but would use another shortening, of which there are a plethora.

Thanks for your opinions.

My late grandmother was named Betsy Annie... Not an abrieviation for anything, just her name. She hated it and was known from the age of about 5 as Nancy.

I LOVE it on the other hand!! lol

xavelli my late mil was betty ann.

ian duncan smith's wife is betsy.

my mum is called betsy,as is my gran,and her mother etc.....it was tradition to call the eldest daughter betsy which my mother stopped with me,i am so glad she did and would hate my name if she had carried on the tradition

sorry but i hate it

I think it's sweet.

Its a name that sounds cute for a baby/toddler/girl but I'm not sure about it as an adult name.

Although, saying that, the only Betsy I've ever known personally is an adult but I did notice that she used her full name of Elizabeth when she wrote an article for the Guardian recently.

My dd (10) is Betsy and she loves it as it is a bit different. First times it's ever been on here as far as I know.

Isn't it a nick-name for your (ahem) fou-fou?

Love it. Very nice

I am not usually keen on a) old fashioned names or b) cutesy names....but, i really like Betsy.

I know a grown up Betsey. She is a banker! it suits her

Meh. Bette more elegant. Not a great name if she wnats to be prime minister, methinks.

I think it's a fab name.

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...

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....

I like it

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.

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

awful name

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.

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!

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

I think it is lovely.