Entry № 1403 · English origin

Betsy Betsy — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BET-see /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Consecrated to God (Betsy Ross + Betsy DeVos)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "consecrated to god (betsy ross + betsy devos)".

Betsy is the English diminutive of Elizabeth — from the Hebrew Elisheba ("my God is my oath"). Although the historical evidence is debated (the story was first published in 1870 by her grandson), Ross has become the embodiment of the citizen-craftswoman in the founding mythos of the United States. Fox Show (2013-2014). Saint Betsy is the same as Saint Elizabeth.

Consecrated to God.

The name in its native script.

Betsy
Transliteration
Betsy
Pronunciation
/ ˈbɛt.si /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Betsy stands.

Betsy does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Betsys before her.

Real people
Betsy Ross
American flag-maker.
1752 – 1836
Betsy DeVos
US Secretary of Education.
born 1958
Betsy Brandt
American actress (Breaking Bad).
born 1973
Betsy West
American Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker.
born 1951
In fiction
Betsy Wetsy
Ideal Toy doll.
1934

Names connected to Betsy.

The number behind Betsy.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Betsy reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.