Betsi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BET-see
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
Betsi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies).
What does Betsi mean?
Hebrew: Welsh spelling of Betsy, a pet form of Elizabeth
“my God is an oath”
Betsi Cadwaladr, a Welsh nurse who served in the Crimean War, gave her name to a Welsh health board.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Betsi a girl's or a boy's name?
Betsi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Betsi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,460th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Betsi, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Betsi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 325 girls in the UK were given Betsi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #197, up from #1,460 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Betsi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
Names like Betsi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Joni, Nancy, Heidi, Annie, Bambi, Eva, Mimi, Mabli, Sara, Bonnie, Elsie, Betty
Other spellings of Betsi
Names related to Betsi
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Betsi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/betsi, updated 20 October 2026.