Bess


Gender:
Origin: English, Hebrew
45 famous people named Bess found on Wikipedia.
7147 female, 5 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 12605-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 157-th in year 1887
Used in: English

Meanings

A female given name, form of Elizabeth.

Bess is both a surname and a feminine given name, usually a shortened form (Hypocorism) of Elizabeth.

Short form of Elizabeth, pledged to God.

Famous People: 45 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Bess Truman 1885 First Lady of the United States
2 Bess Armstrong 1953 Actress from the United States
3 Bess Houdini 1876 American magician
4 Bess Myerson 1924 American model, city commissioner, TV show celebrity; first Jewish-American and first Miss New York elected Miss America
5 Bess of Hardwick 1527 Notable figure of 16th century Elizabethan English society
6 Davone Bess 1985 American football player
7 Bess Motta 1958 American actress
8 Daniel Bess 1977 American actor
9 Bess Flowers 1898 Actress
10 Stacey Bess American writer
11 Bess Meredyth 1890 Film actress, Film writer
12 Bess Streeter Aldrich 1881 Author
13 Mc bess 1984 French artist
14 Bess Price 1960 Australian politician
15 Forrest Bess 1911 American artist
16 Bess Lomax Hawes 1921 American musician
17 Bess Nkabinde 1959 South African judge
18 Ardon Bess 1964 Canadian actor
19 Bess Rogers American musician
20 Dominic Bess 1997
21 Georges Bess 1947 Comic creator
22 Gene Bess American basketball coach
23 Rufus Bess 1956 American football player
24 Brandon Bess 1987 West Indian cricketer
25 Bess Mensendieck 1864
26 Gordon Bess 1929 Cartoonist
27 Helyette Bess 1930 French anarchist
28 Bess Taffel 1913 American politician
29 Henning Bess 1947 German marineoffizier
30 Rachel Bess Artist
31 Michael Bess Chancellor's Professor of History, Professor of European Studies at Vanderbilt University
32 Bess Berman 1902 American businesswoman
33 Bess Thomas 1892 Australian librarian
34 Gerald Bess 1958 American football player
35 Bess Stinson
36 Bess Bukodi
37 Calvin Bess Trinidad and Tobago bishop
38 Bess Brenck-Kalischer 1878 German author
39 Bess Phipps Dawson 1916
40 Jane Bess 1894 German screenwriter
41 Bess Norriss 1878 Artist from Australia
42 Bess Bolden Walcott 1886
43 Bess Whitehead Scott 1890
44 Bess Bonnier 1928 American musician and pianist
45 Bess Wiley