Globally, Bessan (بيسان 
, Bessan 
, Бессан 
) is a common principally feminine, but scarcely masculine first name. The first name Bessan is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a common predominantly girly, but scarcely masculine name, Libya, and Jordan, where it is quite a rare primarily feminine, but very infrequently masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Syria, Egypt, and Libya. Much less frequently, Bessan is the last name as well as the forename.