What do you think of the name Betsy?

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Honest opinions please.

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

I don't like it at all, sorry!

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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!!

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

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

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

My first car was called Betsy Beetle.

I can't imagine an adult called this ('Dr Betsy to Haemotology' or 'Be upstanding for the new Chair of the Board... Betsy!').

cutesy but not ridiculous
very american possibly?
"heavens to betsey"

concur with the general elizabeth on the birth cert feeling

just out of interest (vested interest, obv) why id Betsy any more daft for a lawyer etc than Daisy or Kitty or Honey?

Like Betsy. Lots.

And I always disagree with everyone who says: "ooh, but her full name on the birth certificate should be Elizabeth in case she ends up being a lawyer." Says who? Dare to be different!!!!

at mrswoolf's cat being registered as Elisabeth rather than Bessie at the vets..

Agree put Elizabeth on birth certificate.

i too like betsy - agree with puppymonkeys comments.

Betsy is a lovely name and its unique and there is nothing wrong with that.

I love it but then Betsey Johnson is my favourite designer so it has a special place in my heart.

I knew someone called Samantha Kate - her mum thought she would be called Sammy or a nice tomboyish name - Kate loathed her first name and called herself Kate as soon as she could choose.

If you give the child a choice, they might not choose what you would, but at least they have a choice. If you saddle them with cutesy, they might not thank you for it.

I am going to print this off for dd! I may edit it slightly first with a think black marker. The only thing she has ever complained about is when she can't buy tutty souveneirs with her name on!

Betsy Trotwood, the Charles Dickens character!

But you have a choice either way. There's nothing to stop a child changing from Betsy to Elizabeth if they didn't particularly like the former. If you say they can change from Elizabeth to Betsy, what's to stop them doing it the other way too???

Absolutely love Betsy!! Like others have said I would go for Elizabeth and shorten it.