Bess

Bess \bes(s), be-ss\ is a female's name. It consists of 4 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby girl name Bess is pronounced B-S- ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Bess: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"

What is the origin of Bess?

Bess' language of origin is Hebrew, and it is used predominantly in the English and Hebrew languages. The name was first made known by Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), who was sometimes called Good Queen Bess. It was also known from Elizabeth Talbot (1527-1608), the Countess of Shrewsbury who was also called Bess of Hardwick. In literature, it has appeared as the name of the heroine in the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess (1935). Bess is a contraction of name Elizabeth (English, Greek, and Hebrew) in the English and Hebrew languages. Variants of Bess consist of name Bessa meaning, name Besse meaning, Bessea name variations, Besseah meaning, name Bessee meaning, name Bessey, and Bessi name. Other variants of Bess consist of the diminutive forms name Bessie origin (English) and Bessy name (English).

A famous person named Bess is US First Lady Bess Truman, born Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, 13 February 1885 - 18 October 1982, Independence, Missouri.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Bess:

meaning of Babbs, short names for Babs (English), baby name Bashe (Yiddish), Baucis definition, nicknames for Beach, Beathag name (Gaelic and Scottish), Bec meaning, name Beck origin (English), Becke name variations (English), Becks pronounciation, Beech name popularity, name Beige origin (English), Besse definition, Bessie name popularity (English), Bex definition (English), Bice pronounciation (Italian), meaning of Bich (Vietnamese), Bik name variations (Chinese), name Bisc meaning, and Bisgue name.

The baby name Bess fun facts:

The name Bess in reverse order is "Sseb".

The numerological value of the name Bess is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Bess?

Bess is not in the top girl names in USA.