Betsy

Diminutive of Elizabeth

"pledged to God"

Betsy Origin and Meaning

Variation of Elizabeth

Betsy Rank in US Top 1000

# 745 in the US

Betsy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 830 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Betsy

• 830 Nameberry 2025
• 228 England 2024

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Famous People Named Betsy

• Elizabeth Griscom "Betsy" Ross figure in the American Revolution
• Elisabeth Dee "Betsy" DeVos 11th U.S. Secretary of Education
• Elizabeth Helen "Betsy" McCaughey American politician, former lieutenant governor of New York
• Betsy Ann Brandt American actress
• Betsy Blair (born Elizabeth Winifred Boger) American actress
• Betsy Yoder American reality TV personality ("Breaking Amish: LA")
• Betsy Ruth ring name of MaryKate Duignan Glidewell, American pro wrestler
• Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek) American actress
• Betsy Gordon Drake French,American actress
• Betsy Morgan American Broadway actress
• Elizabeth Marie "Betsy" Wolfe American Broadway actress
• Betsy Beutler American actress
• Betsy Joslyn American actress and singer
• Betsy Rue American actress
• Elizabeth A. "Betsy" Hodges American politician; 47th mayor of Minneapolis
• Lucia Elizabeth ″Betsy″ Balcombe Abell friend of Napoleon I during his exile at Saint Helena
• Helen Elizabeth "Betsy" Nagelsen American tennis player
• Betsy Woodruff American political reporter
• Betsy King American pro golfer
• Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls American pro golfer
• Betsy May Randle American actress
• Betsy Mack Tyrell (b. 2018) daughter of American singer/songwriter Hillary Scott, twin to Emory JoAnn; sister to Eisele Kaye

The name Betsy in Pop Culture

• Betsy Warrington Ray main character in the Betsy,Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace
• Betsy main character in the B is for Betsy series by Carolyn Haywood
• Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock aka Psylocke Marvel comics character
• Betsy Kelso daughter of Michael Kelso on TV's "That 70's Show"
• Betsy character in the movie "Taxi Driver"
• Betsy Hopper character in movie "Betsy's Wedding"
• Betsy Cramer character on American soap "One Life to Live"
• Betsy Stewart character on American soap "As the World Turns"
• Betsy Chernak Taylor character on American soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing"
• Betsy aka Bet character in "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens
• Betsy Butterbur character in film The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
• Betsy Bobbin character in L. Frank Baum's Oz books
• "The Betsy " 1978 film
• Betsy Jobs character in the 1999 comedy film "Dick" about President Richard Nixon