Betsy is an English feminine given name, often a nickname for Elizabeth.
People
edit- 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 (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)
Dogs
edit- Betsy (dog), an Austrian Border Collie credited with high intelligence
Fictional characters
edit- 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
See also
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