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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.
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.