Betsey - Meaning of Betsey

What does Betsey mean?

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Betsey

[ 2 syll. bet-sey, be-ts-ey ] The baby girl name Betsey is pronounced as BEHTSiy †. Betsey is an English name of Hebrew origin.

Betsey is a variant of the name Betsy (English).

Betsey is also a variant of the name Betty (Dutch and English).

Betsey is also a diminutive of the name Elizabeth (English, Greek, and Hebrew) in the English language.

See also the related categories, english and hebrew.

Betsey is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1942, 0.004% of baby girls were named Betsey. It had a ranking of #994 then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then, and is today of very light use. Within the family of girl names directly related to Betsey, Elizabeth was the most frequently used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Betsey include Betsee, Betsi, Betsie, Betsy, Betsye, Batyah, Beathas, Beatta, Beda, Bedah, Bedda, Beddah, Beeta, Beita, Beta, Betah, Betha, Bethzy, Betka, and Bettah.

† Pronunciation for Betsey: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"