Betsy is an English feminine given name, often a nickname for Elizabeth.

People

Betsy, stage name of Welsh singer Elizabeth Humfrey

Betsy Ancker-Johnson (1927–2020), 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 Beutler, American actress

Betsy Blair (1923–2009), American actress

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 Byars (1928–2020), American author

Betsy B. Carr (born 1946), American politician

Betsy or Betty Careless (c. 1704–1739), English courtesan

Betsy Clifford (born 1953), Canadian alpine skier

Betsy Close (born 1950), American politician

Betsy Coffia (born 1977), 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 and politician

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 Betsy Warrior (born 1940), feminist and author Betsy Weiss, lead singer of Bitch (band)

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Dogs

Betsy (dog), an Austrian Border Collie credited with high intelligence

Fictional characters

Betsy, main character in the Betsy series of children's books by Carolyn Haywood

Betsy Bobbin, in the Oz books

Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock, Marvel Comics superheroine also known as Psylocke and Captain Britain Betsy Ray, protagonist of the Betsy-Tacy series of novels by Maud Hart Lovelace Betsy Chernak Taylor, on the canceled American soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing Betsy, an infected monkey in the film Outbreak Elizabeth Ann, main character of the novel Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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See also

Betsey (disambiguation)

Betsy

English feminine given names

Feminine hypocorisms