Bitsy

Diminutive of Elizabeth, Hebrew
"pledged to God"

Bitsy Origin and Meaning

The name Bitsy is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "pledged to God".

The archetypal diminutive, in every sense of the word. Bitsy enjoyed some use as a nickname in the era when children were named after family members and then called by a cute pet name: Chip, Skip, Babe, Bitsy. As a full name, it has made the US list only three times: in 1943, 1958 and 1962.

Famous People Named Bitsy

  • Elizabeth Andrea "Bitsie" Tulloch
    American actress

Bitsy in Pop Culture

  • Bitsy Hannigan
    mother of Mike on TV's "Friends"
  • Bitsy Johnson
    character on animated series "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide"
  • Bitsy von Muffling
    character on TV's "Sex and the City"
  • Bitsy Davidson
    character on American soap opera All My Children
  • Bitsy Mae Harling
    character on TV series Sordid Lives: The Series
  • Bitsy
    character in "Fifteen" by Beverly Cleary
  • Bitsy
    character in 1968 film "Just for the Hell of It"
  • Bitsy
    hand puppet spider on British children's TV series "Paperplay"
  • Bitsy
    family dog in the comic strip "Marvin"
  • "Itsy Bitsy Spider
    " nursery rhyme