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Across the world, Besso (Besso , بسو , בסו ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Besso is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name, Libya, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Syria, where it is a rare unisex name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. Also, Besso is the last name as well as the forename.
Besso is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Besso , the operatic character in the opera Giasone.