Betsey/Betsy

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Registered: 08-17-2004
Betsey/Betsy
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Sat, 09-11-2004 - 9:14pm
I was wondering what all of you think of Betsey or Betsy? DO you think its to old? is it pretty?

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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: kristnkat
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 9:21pm
My neighbor (early 40s) is named Betsy. Her mother's name was Elizabeth, nn Betty. Betty had always wished that she was called Betsy, so when she had a daughter she named her Betsy.

Betsy HATES it that her name is Betsy, not Elizabeth. She has always felt that it was a NN, not a "real name." She's spent her whole life explaining to people why her name is Betsy, not Elizabeth.

I do like Betsy as a NN for Elizabeth though if that's what you have in mind. I don't think it sounds too old.

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Registered: 11-04-2003
In reply to: kristnkat
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 10:30pm
I have to agree, I've known several Betsy's.. from my age (37) to 6 and all of them are Elizabeth (or Elisabeth), nn Betsy. It's a pretty nickname, but doesn't feel like a whole name on it's own. Well.. maybe because I hear it as a nickname fairly often. So I think it's quite pretty, but only as a nickname.
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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: kristnkat
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 11:08pm
Makes me thing Betsy-Wetsy doll...sorry I used to have one
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Registered: 06-20-2004
In reply to: kristnkat
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 11:19pm
Betsy is very sweet but I'm big fan of options so I'd be inclined to go with Elizabeth/Elspeth etc. nn Betsy.
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Registered: 09-24-2003
In reply to: kristnkat
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 11:39pm
Me too. First thing I thought of was the doll. The image of Betsy "wetsy"ing is hard to erase.............
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Registered: 08-17-2004
In reply to: kristnkat
Sat, 09-11-2004 - 11:51pm
hehe forgot about that.
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Registered: 04-08-2004
In reply to: kristnkat
Sun, 09-12-2004 - 10:25am
I like it, and know one Betsy who is 5 right now. So I no longer think of it as an "old" name. But I agree that it sounds nn-ish, and would use a longer version, Elizabeth or Elsbeth with Betsy as a NN.
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Registered: 09-07-2004
In reply to: kristnkat
Sun, 09-12-2004 - 2:41pm
I love that name
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Registered: 10-01-2003
In reply to: kristnkat
Sun, 09-12-2004 - 4:36pm
I really like Betsy (but full name of Elizabeth or Beth)
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Registered: 08-26-2003
In reply to: kristnkat
Mon, 09-13-2004 - 3:38pm
Love Betsy as a nickname for Elizabeth. Did you read the Betsy - Tacy (Lovelace) books? Will only make you fall more in love with the name Betsy.

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