Forename Bess

All over the world, Bess (Bess , ベス , בס ) is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely male first name. The forename Bess is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare feminine name, the United States, where it is a rare girly name, and Serbia, where it is a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United States, Algeria, and Philippines. Likewise, Bess is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Bess

name Bëss, name Bess, name Bēss, name ベス, name Бес, name Бесс, name Bessie, name Béss, name بيسي, name Бесси, name בסוס, name Bêss, name Bëšš, name Beß, name בס, name Bêš, name Bèss, name Bês, name 贝丝, name Bêś, name Bêç, name Bęss

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Bess	Cameroon, United States, Israel, China, Algeria
ベス	Japan
בס	Israel
Бесс	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Bessie, Beß, Bèss, Béss, Bês, Bêss, Bêç, Bêś, Bêš, Bëss, Bëšš, Bēss, Bęss, Бес, Бесси, בסוס, بيسي, and 贝丝

First name Bess in the context

Bess is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Beth March , the fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; Bess McNeill , the character in the Lars von Trier film Breaking the Waves; Bess , the musical character in the musical Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin; Crown's girl; Bess Marvin and Beth Kane , the DC Comics character, Batwoman, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	demaree bess journalist, publisher, correspondent, US (b. 1893)
	lane bess American venture capitalist (b. 1961)
	ardon bess Canadian actor, CA (b. 1964)
	rey bess college basketball player (1949–1949) Louisiana State
	bessy bess