Betsy

A female given name, form of Elizabeth.

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Betsy is an English name for females, used as a nickname for Elizabeth. It is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
Betsy Ancker-Johnson (born 1927), American plasma physicist
Betsy Atkins (born 1953), American business executive and entrepreneur
Betsy Balcombe (1802−1871), English friend of Napoleon I at Saint Helena
Betsy Beard (born 1961), American coxswain
Betsy Beers (born 1957), American television and film producer
Betsy Blair (1923–2009), American actress
Betsy Bobel, American dietitian and model
Betsy Boze, American academic and education administrator
Betsy Brown (born 1963), American poet
Betsy Bryan (born 1949), American Egyptologist
Betsy Butler (born 1963), American politician
Betsy B. Carr (born 1946), American politician
Betsy Clifford (born 1953), Canadian alpine skier
Betsy Close (born 1950), American politician
Betsy Cook, American-born singer, songwriter and musician
Betsy Mix Cowles (1810–1876), American abolitionist
Betsy Cullen (born 1938), American professional golfer
Betsy Devine (born 1946), American journalist
Betsy DeVos (born 1958), American businesswoman
Betsy Robertson Eyre (1911–1983), New Zealand teacher, community worker and local politician
Betsy Fagin (born 1972), American poet
Betsy Freese, American editor, blogger, and radio personality
Betsy Gotbaum (born 1938), New York City Public Advocate
Betsy Hager (1750–1843), farmer and blacksmith during the American Revolution
Betsy Hands, American politician
Betsy Hassett (born 1990), New Zealand football player
Betsy Heard (1759–1810s), Euro‐African slave trader and merchant
Betsy Hodges (born 1969), mayor of Minneapolis
Betsy Holden (born 1955), American businesswoman
Betsy Jochum (born 1921), American baseball pitcher
Betsy Jolas (born 1926), French composer
Betsy Joslyn (born 1954), American actress and singer
Betsy King (born 1955), American golfer
Lizzie Lloyd King (born 1847), also known as Betsy King, alleged murderer of Charles Goodrich
Betsy Leondar-Wright (born 1956), economic justice activist, sociologist, and author
Betsy Lewin (born 1937), American illustrator
Betsy McCaughey (born 1948), American politician
Betsy McLaughlin (born 1960), American businesswoman
Betsy Flagg Melcher (1900–1991), American miniature portraitist
Betsy Nagelsen (born 1956), American former professional tennis player
Betsy Norden (born 1945), American soprano
Betsy Palmer (1926–2015), American actress
Betsy Pecanins (1954–2016), American-born Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer
Betsy Plank (1924–2010), American public relations executive
Betsy Rawls, American golfer
Betsy Repelius (1848–1921), Dutch painter and watercolorist who specialized in simple, one-figure, genre scenes
Betsy Graves Reyneau (1888–1964), American portrait painter
Betsy Rosenberg, American Radio host
Betsy Ross (1752–1836), American patriot credited with sewing the first American flag
Betsy Rue (born 1979), American actress
Betsy Ruth (born 1985), American wrestler, ring name Mary Kate
Betsy Rutherford (1944–1991), American singer
Betsy Saina (born 1988), Kenyan athlete
Betsy Schneider, American photographer
Betsy Snite (1938–1984), American alpine ski racer
Betsy Sodaro (born 1984), American actress and comedian
Betsy Struxness, American actress, singer, and dancer
Surname:
Kevin Betsy

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Fem. pet name, a diminutive of Bet, itself short for Elizabet or Elizabeth. Betsy or Bessy (a variant form) as the typical pet-name for a favorite firearm is attested in American English by 1856 (compare Brown Bess, by 1785, British army slang for the old flintlock musket).

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From the Hebrew Elisheba: oath of God, or God is satisfaction.

Elizabeth

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Betsy DeVos	1958	11th United States Secretary of Education
2	Betsy Brandt	1976	American actress
3	Betsy Ross	1752	Person credited with making the American flag
4	Betsy Palmer	1926	Amercian actress
5	Betsy Drake	1923	Actress and writer
6	Betsy Russell	1963	Actress
7	Betsy Blair	1923	Actress
8	Betsy McCaughey	1948	Health care policy commentator
9	Betsy Randle	1955	American actress
10	Betsy Brantley	1955	American actress
11	Betsy Hodges	1969	American politician
12	Betsy Beers	1957	American television producer
13	Betsy Bloomingdale	1922	American socialite
14	Betsy Rue	1979	American actress
15	Betsy Wolfe	1982	American actress and singer
16	Betsy Sodaro	1984	Actress
17	Betsy Price	1949	American mayor
18	Betsy Baker	1842	British supercentenarian
19	Betsy Balcombe	1802	Friend of Napoleon
20	Betsy King	1955	Professional golfer
21	Betsy Byars	1928	American children's writer
22	Betsy von Furstenberg	1931	German-American actress; baroness
23	Kevin Betsy	1978	Footballer
24	Betsy Nagelsen	1956	US tennis player
25	Betsy Jones-Moreland	1930	American actress
26	Betsy Gotbaum	1938	American politician and activist
27	Betsy Markey	1956	American politician
28	Betsy Rawls	1928	Professional golfer
29	Betsy McLaughlin	1962	American businesswoman
30	Betsy Cook		American musician
31	Betsy Devine	1946	American journalist
32	Betsy Joslyn	1954	American actress
33	Betsy Thomas	1966	American writer
34	Betsy Atkins		American businesswoman
35	Betsy Hassett	1990	Association footballer
36	Betsy Graves Reyneau	1888	Painter
37	Betsy Boze		Bahamian academic administrator
38	Betsy Jolas	1926	French composer
39	Betsy Saina	1988	Kenyan distance runner
40	Betsy Mitchell	1966	American swimmer, rower, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder
41	Betsy Mix Cowles	1810	American abolitionist
42	Betsy Eby	1967	American artist
43	Betsy Butler	1963	American politician
44	Betsy Lewin	1951	American children's illustrator and writer
45	Betsy Pecanins	1954	Mexican Singer and Composer
46	Betsy Reed
47	Betsy Stark		American television journalist
48	Betsy Hart	1963	American journalist
49	Betsy Johnson	1951	American politician
50	Betsy Gray		Irish folkhero
51	Betsy Holden	1955	American businessman
52	Betsy Udink	1951	Dutch writer
53	Betsy B. Carr	1946	American politician
54	Betsy Jochum	1921	American baseball player
55	Betsy Ancker-Johnson	1927	American physicist
56	Betsy King Ross	1921	American actress
57	Betsy Faith Heimann		American costume designer
58	Betsy Haynes	1937	American writer
59	Betsy Rosenberg		Environmentalist/Radio talk show host
60	Betsy Clifford	1953	Canadian alpine skier
61	Betsy Bryan	1949	American egyptologist
62	Betsy Bobel
63	Betsy Struxness
64	Betsy Brannon Green	1958	American writer
65	Betsy Plank	1924	Public relations person
66	Betsy Leondar-Wright	1956	American sociologist
67	Betsy Newmark
68	Betsy Blackwell		American magazine editor
69	Betsy Heard	1759	Slave trader
70	Betsy Thornton		American writer
71	Betsy Rutherford	1944	American musician
72	Betsy Warland	1946	Canadian writer
73	Betsy Smeets	1929	Dutch television actor
74	Betsy Beard	1961	Former American Olympic rower.
75	Betsy Schneider		American photographer
76	Betsy Colquitt	1927	American writer
77	Betsy Prioleau		American writer
78	Betsy Cullen	1938	Professional golfer
79	Betsy Brown	1963	American writer
80	Betsy Snite	1938	Alpine skier
81	Betsy Sholl		American writer
82	Betsy Norden	1945	Singer
83	Betsy Hands		American politician
84	Betsy Close	1950	American politician
85	Betsy Repelius	1848	Dutch painter
86	Betsy Crawford
87	Betsy Struthers	1951	Canadian poet
88	Betsy Flagg Melcher	1900	American painter
89	Betsy van der Hoop	1807
90	Betsy Hager
91	Betsy Hannig	1963	American politician
92	Betsy Foxman	1955
93	Betsy Chernak Taylor
94	Betsy van Vloten	1862	Dutch writer (1862-1946)
95	Betsy Westendorp-Osieck	1880	Dutch painter
96	Betsy Robertson Eyre	1911	Teacher, community worker, local politician
97	Betsy Chasse	2000
98	Betsy Fagin	1972	American poet
99	Betsy Bakker-Nort	1874	Dutch politician
100	Betsy Cohen
101	Betsy Nye	1964	American ultramarathon runner
102	Betsy Viviana Rodríguez-Cabeza	1980	Botanist
103	Betsy Kalmeyer	1961	American ultramarathon runner
104	Betsy Freese
105	Betsy Haines	1960
106	Betsy Perk	1833	Dutch playwright, writer and journalist
107	Betsy Frøseth	1923	Norwegian actress
108	Betsy Ortiz
109	Betsy Iversen	1948	Norwegian politician
110	Betsy Greer		Maker and author
111	Betsy Shaw	1965
112	Betsy Culp	1883