Betsey

Where Betsey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Betsey.

  • Vowel-ended
Betsey through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #1,024 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1889
    Peak, #724
    13 babies named Betsey, its best rank.
  3. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1942
    Betsey Johnson born
    American fashion designer
  5. 2000
    Betsey Stevenson born
    American economist
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
Namesakes
  • Betsey Johnson · American fashion designer, born 1942
  • Betsey Stevenson · American economist, born 2000
  • Betsey Bayless · American politician, born 1944
  • Betsey Stockton · American missionary, 1798–1865
  • Betsey Brown · American actress and director

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.