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Betsy vs Lisa - What's the difference?

betsy | lisa |

As proper nouns the difference between betsy and lisa

is that betsy is a diminutive form of the female given name elizabeth while lisa is .

betsy

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive form of the female given name Elizabeth.
  • * 1993 Phillip Margolin: Gone But Not Forgotten . Bantam Books ISBN 0553569031 p.25:
    • No one ever called Elizabeth Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her Elizabeth, either. An "Elizabeth" was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy'" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with. ' Betsy suited her just fine.

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    * English diminutives of female given names

    lisa

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • .
    • You were born in the '70s? Were you named after on As the World Turns?

    Usage notes

    * Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later.

    Quotations

    * 1868 Concocted by William Meynell Whittmore (and others): Sunshine : page 138: *: Elizabeth coloured. *: "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully. *: "Nonsense, Lisa !" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake." * 1997 , Moon Tiger . Grove Press. ISBN0802135331 *: Lisa' is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! ' Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain. * 2007 , My Latest Grievance ISBN 0618872353 page 16: *: Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen? *: I did.

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