| [ 2 syll. bet-sy, be-tsy ] The girl name Betsy is pronounced as BEHTSiy KEY. Betsy is largely used in the English language and its origin is Hebrew. Betsy is a pet form of the name Elizabeth (English). Betsy is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1959 with 0.067% of baby girls being given the name Betsy. It was #228 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is now of very modest use. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Betsy, Elizabeth (English) was the most commonly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Betsy include the name Beathag (Scottish) and the name Bed'ka (Czech). KEY: Pronunciation for Betsy: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
A famous person named Betsy is Revolutionary War Figure, Betsy Ross, born Elizabeth Griscom 1 January 1752 - 30 January 1836, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |