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Around the world, Besan (Besan , Bessi , Бесан ) is quite a common mostly girly, but uncommonly male given name. The first name Besan is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a common principally female, but very seldom masculine name, Albania, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Jordan, where it is quite a rare principally feminine, but very seldom boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Syria, Turkey, and Egypt. Also, Besan is the last name as well as the forename.
Besan 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.