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Across the world, Besa (Besa , Bessi , بيسا ) is quite a common unisex first name. The forename Besa is characteristic of Albania, where it is quite a common mostly female, but infrequently boy's name, Kosovo, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Slovenia, where it is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but scarcely masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Albania, Egypt, and Turkey. Also, Besa is the last name as well as the forename.
Besa is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bessi Worthington , the operatic character in the opera Die Blume von Hawaii, The Flower of Hawaii.