Comments for the name Betty

I really like the name Betty on its own. I have a friend by that name.

I think the name Betty is a beautiful name. My grandma who just recently passed away was named Betty.

Betty Applewhite is the name of Alfre Woodard's character on the popular soap-dramedy "Desperate Housewives". She and her son are hiding her other son in their basement on the show.

There are so many Bettys. Betty Boop, Betty Crocker (the cookbooks), Betty Grable (the actress/WWII pin-up girl), The Betty Ford Clinic ...

Betty Rubble is Barney's wife and Bamm-Bamm's mother in "The Flintstones" cartoons.

Betty Cooper from the Archie comics. Her real name is Elizabeth.

In Spanish it's also a pet form of Beatriz and Bertha.

A famous bearer is First Lady Betty Ford.

Betty is a name associated with old ladies.

I love the name Betty! I don't think of old women, I think of sexy 40's bombshells like Betty Paige!

Cute. Betty was also the underage nurse in Pearl Harbour, who sadly didn't make the bombings.

In a story I am writing Betty is a young war nurse. I think it is a very nice name, and it's fine for a full name.

I think Betty would sound delightfully refreshing on a young girl (especially amidst the sea of trendy "names" like Jayden, Nevaeh, Mackenzie, Makayla, etc.). ♥

It's odd because in one way I think of old ladies sitting in a hall playing Bingo, yet in another way I picture a flamboyant young girl. I like this name, especially in its own right.

Bettan is the the Swedish version of Betty.

American actress Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924 in New York. She starred in To Have and Have Not and other such films with Humphrey Bogart.

I think it's very cute and sweet. Also a cute nickname for Elisabeth.

Not so long ago Betty seemed like a hopeless old lady name, but now I find that it's been out of favor long enough that it could make a revival. It's really a very cute name, and on a young girl I don't think it would matter anyone how popular it was seventy years ago.

Famous bearer - Betty Suarez, a character in Ugly Betty.

We are naming our daughter (due in August) Betty Claire. We've gotten a lot of weird reactions, but I think it's an adorable name ready for its comeback.

Betty White, American actress. "Betty" is her real name.

My Gramdmother's name is Betty and my mother's name is Betty. My mother chose to name me Lissette, it means the same as Elizabeth also the same as Betty. It was too common back in the day. But I would agree with some of the other comments. It might be cute now. Also in the surf areas women are known as betties, kinda cute and way better than saying chicks.

Betty Parris was the daughter of Reverend Samule Parris, of Salem Massachusets. Her and her cousin Abigail Williams strangely fell ill and began accusing townspeople of witchcraft. By many accounts, the girls started the Salem witch trials, which eventually resulted in the hangings of 19 people. She is also a character in Arthur Miller's play on the subject, The Crucible.


Another bearer is Betty MacDonald, who wrote her memoir, The Egg and I, which became a popular movie.

Betty is also short for Beatrice.

A famous bearer is stage, film, and television actress and singer Betty Buckley (born July 3, 1947). Among her notable roles have included Martha Jefferson in the original Broadway production of "1776", Sandra Abbott 'Abby' in "Eight is Enough" during its latter 3 seasons, Miss Collins in the 1976 film "Carrie", and Broadway's original Grizabella in the musical "Cats", winning a Tony Award. She has also recorded more than a dozen solo music albums, composing many of her own songs.

Goth-pop musician Betty Curse (real name Megan Burns) is a famous bearer of this name, best known for her songs "Girl With Yellow Hair" and "God, This Hurts".

When I think "Betty", I think of Frank Spencer's wife Betty Spencer from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, which was a British 70's sitcom. I like this name. :)

Betty Friedan was a feminist who wrote The Feminine Mystique, a book about the feeling of lack of fulfillment in women's lives.

I love the name Betty. :) It can be pretty hip. I wish my name was Betty. ;P It annoys me when people think of old ladies, it's a very pretty name. :)

Betty Williams — Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1976. Watched three children being murdered.

I think it's cute, in an old-fashioned studious kind of way.

I think it's adorable and I agree with the comment that it would sound really fresh on a little girl! My paternal grandma was named Betty. :)

I more likely prefer Betty on its own instead of it being a nickname for Elizabeth. I think Betty is a sweet name, but I wouldn't probably use it. I would rather use Betsy, which is probably better than this name.