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Look up Bess in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bess is both a surname and a feminine given name. It is often short for Elizabeth. Notable people with
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Look up Bess or BESS in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bess or BESS may refer to: Bess (name), a given name, nickname and surname, including lists of
Bess
Stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini (1876–1943)
Wilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" Houdini (née Rahner; January 23, 1876 – February 11, 1943) was an American stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini. Wilhelmina
Bess_Houdini
List of storms with the same or similar names
The name Bess has been used for one tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean, and ten tropical cyclones in the western Pacific. Bess was used for one tropical
List_of_storms_named_Bess
British flintlock musket
"Brown Bess" is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's muzzle-loading smoothbore flintlock Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. The
Brown_Bess
Opera by George Gershwin
‹ The template Infobox opera is being considered for merging. › Porgy and Bess (/ˈpɔːrɡi/ PORG-ee) is an English-language opera by American composer George
Porgy_and_Bess
Finnish singer (born 1993)
Bess Essi Miia Marianna Launimo (born 22 April 1993), known professionally as BESS (stylized in all caps), is a Finnish singer. She combines pop, electro
Bess_(singer)
American author and educator
Stacey Bess (born October 16, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American author and educator. She wrote the memoir Nobody Don't Love Nobody, which was
Stacey_Bess
First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953
from the public eye and the responsibilities of a spouse. Bess and Harry married in 1919, and Bess spent the following years managing the Truman household
Bess_Truman
English noblewoman and businesswoman (1521–1608)
Shrewsbury (née Hardwick; c. 27 July 1521 – 13 February 1608), known as Bess of Hardwick, of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, was a figure in Elizabethan English
Bess_of_Hardwick
English cricketer (born 1997)
Dominic Mark Bess (born 22 July 1997) is an English professional cricketer who has played internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic
Dom_Bess
English lady-in-waiting
royal disfavour for both her and her husband. Elizabeth, known also as "Bess", was the daughter of the diplomat Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and Anne Carew
Elizabeth_Raleigh
American actress and politician (1924–2014)
Bess Myerson (July 16, 1924 – December 14, 2014) was an American politician, model, and television actress who in 1945 became the first Miss America who
Bess_Myerson
American actress (born 1922)
Bess Meisler (born July 19, 1922) is an American actress best known for her role as Yiayia in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding film series. Starting her screen
Bess_Meisler
1959 studio album by Miles Davis
Porgy and Bess (CL 1274) is a studio album by the jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 1959 on Columbia Records. The album features arrangements
Porgy and Bess (Miles Davis album)
Porgy_and_Bess_(Miles_Davis_album)
Coffee shop chain in the United States
Bess Eaton or Bess Eaton Management LLC is a small chain of coffee shops based in Rhode Island and Connecticut, serving doughnuts, bagels, and muffins
Bess_Eaton
American actress (born 1953)
Elizabeth Key "Bess" Armstrong (born December 11, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Four Seasons (1981), High Road
Bess_Armstrong
Musical artist
Bess Harriet Hildick-Smith (born 24 September 1994), known professionally as Bess Atwell, is an English indie folk musician. Atwell was born in South
Bess_Atwell
Aboriginal Australian politician
Bess Nungarrayi Price AM (born 22 October 1960) is an Aboriginal Australian activist and politician. She was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern
Bess_Price
American painter
called "visions." Bess was born on October 5, 1911, in Bay City, Texas to Arnold "Butch" Bess, an oil field worker, and Minta Lee Bess. Bess first experienced
Forrest_Bess
American businesswoman
Bess Freedman (born May 31, 1969) is an American businesswoman. She is currently the CEO of Brown Harris Stevens. She previously practiced law. Born in
Bess_Freedman
Surname list
Australian rules footballer Det de Beus (1958–2013), Dutch field hockey player Bess (name) This page lists people with the surname Beus. If an internal link intending
Beus
English thief and prostitute
Elizabeth Lyon (fl. c. 1722–1726), nicknamed Edgworth Bess or Edgware Bess, was an English thief, prostitute and the partner of the criminal Jack Sheppard
Elizabeth_Lyon_(criminal)
American actress (born 1957)
1957) is an American former child actress. She is most noted for her role as Bess, the independent-minded daughter of Phyllis Lindstrom on the 1970s television
Lisa_Gerritsen
1959 American musical film
Porgy and Bess is a 1959 American musical drama film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge in the titular roles
Porgy_and_Bess_(film)
Television drama film
starring Emily VanCamp and Treat Williams. It is based on the memoir by Stacey Bess titled Nobody Don't Love Nobody. The story takes place in 1987 and follows
Beyond_the_Blackboard
American psychological thriller series
Sinclair. Candice King as Bess Sinclair, the youngest Sinclair sister and Mirren's mother. Madison Wolfe (season 2) as teen Bess Sinclair. Rahul Kohli as
We_Were_Liars_(TV_series)
Jamaican football club
St. Bess F.C. is a Jamaican football team which plays in the South Central Confederation Super League.[independent source needed] The team is based Lacovia
St._Bess_F.C.
American football player (born 1985)
Davone Atrayo Bess (born September 13, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League
Davone_Bess
Topics referred to by the same term
Queen Bess can refer to: Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England and Ireland Bessie Coleman (1892–1926), an early American civil aviator Queen Bess, Scunthorpe
Queen_Bess
American film actress and screenwriter (1890–1969)
Bess Meredyth (born Helen Elizabeth MacGlashan,[citation needed] February 12, 1890 – July 13, 1969) was a screenwriter and silent film actress. The wife
Bess_Meredyth
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Most as Presidential Material; Laura Bush, Pat Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman Could Have Done More in Office Eleanor & FDR Top Power Couple; Mary
Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis
American escapologist and stuntman (1874–1926)
wages". In 1894 Houdini met a fellow performer, Wilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" Rahner. Bess was initially courted by Dash but fell in love with and married Harry
Harry_Houdini
Category 5 Pacific typhoon in 1965
pressure of 998 hPa and would be assigned the name Bess by the JTWC. Once becoming a tropical storm, Bess would start drifting to the east. The storm would
Typhoon_Bess_(1965)
American political activist (1993–2025)
from the original on December 22, 2025. Retrieved December 21, 2020. Levin, Bess (July 8, 2021). "'Apartheid-Style, Open-Air Hostage Situation': Conservatives
Charlie_Kirk
English aristocrat (1758 - 1824)
Devonshire and later marrying him. Several of her letters are preserved. Known as Bess, she was born Elizabeth Christiana Hervey on 13 May 1758, in a small house
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Elizabeth_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Devonshire
Topics referred to by the same term
Besse (1683—1757), English writer, author of Quaker Sufferings Bess (disambiguation) Bess (name) Bese (disambiguation) Bessey (surname) Bisse (surname) This
Besse
English highwayman (1705–1739)
200-mile (320 km) overnight ride from London to York on his horse Black Bess, a story that was made famous by the Victorian novelist William Harrison
Dick_Turpin
Library and museum for U.S. President Harry S. Truman, located in Missouri
S Truman, the 33rd president of the United States (1945–1953), his wife Bess and daughter Margaret, and is located on U.S. Highway 24 in Independence
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Harry_S._Truman_Presidential_Library_and_Museum
Acquisition of citizenship by virtue of the circumstances of one's birth
Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. Bess Press. ISBN 978-1-57306-001-1. Streichler, Stuart (2005). Justice Curtis
Birthright citizenship in the United States
Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States
American businessman and government official (born 1962)
Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent (/ˈbɛsənt/ BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial commentator, and government official serving
Scott_Bessent
Topics referred to by the same term
(surname) This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the
Elizabeth_Walker
American serial killer (1942–1994)
Archived from the original on April 7, 2025. Retrieved April 23, 2025. Lovejoy, Bess (May 7, 2013). "Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is Buried in Virginia: Where Other Notorious
John_Wayne_Gacy
Gianfranco Baraldi, 90, Italian Olympic middle-distance runner (1956, 1960). Gene Bess, 91, American college basketball coach (Three Rivers Raiders). Gábor Bona [hu]
Deaths_in_2026
Name list
mystic, co-author (with Robert Shea) of The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert T. Bess (1889–after 1958), British Guiana-born American stockbroker and civil rights
Robert
American soprano (born 1927)
School. Later that same year she starred as Bess in the third revival of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, a production which she remained with through
Leontyne_Price
American jazz musician (1928–2011)
Bess Bonnier (born 26 May 1928 in Detroit; died 6 October 2011 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) was an American jazz pianist, composer and music educator. Bonnier
Bess_Bonnier
Name list
Beileag (Scottish Gaelic) Bel (Catalan) Belita (Spanish) Bella (Italian) Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betsey, Bette, Bettie, Betty, Bettye, Birdie, Bitsy
Elizabeth_(given_name)
American author
Bess Streeter Aldrich (pen name, Margaret Dean Stephens; February 17, 1881 – August 3, 1954) was an American author. Bess Genevra Streeter was born in
Bess_Streeter_Aldrich
Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
of Tudor. Her eventful reign, and its effect on history and culture, gave name to the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth was the only surviving child of Henry VIII
Elizabeth_I
First Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
age of 16 while pursuing her education. She changed the spelling of her name to Melania Knauss and traveled to Paris and Milan to seek modeling work before
Melania_Trump
Fictional character
Stories series. She is one of Nancy's best friends and cousin of Bess Marvin. Her birth name is Georgia, although no one calls her that except her parents
George_Fayne
1925 novel by DuBose Heyward
was produced in 1935 as Porgy and Bess. Ellison, Virginia (October 14, 2021). "October, 1935: The opera Porgy and Bess opens in New York". South Carolina
Porgy_(novel)
American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
"Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". His Of Thee I Sing (1931) was
George_Gershwin
Topics referred to by the same term
Dangerous This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the
Elizabeth_Austin
English cricketer (born 1990)
2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019. "England v Pakistan: Jos Buttler & Dominic Bess named in squad for first Test". BBC Sport. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original
Jos_Buttler
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
Retrieved July 30, 2018. O'Toole 2010. Alinder 1996, pp. 76–77. Lovejoy, Bess (December 4, 2014). "The Photographer Who Ansel Adams Called the Anti-Christ"
Ansel_Adams
1996 film by Lars von Trier
her. Bess is infatuated with Jan and has difficulty living without him when he is away on the oil platform. Jan makes occasional phone calls to Bess, in
Breaking_the_Waves
American actress (born 1951)
"Welcome to the World"" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) "'Fantasy Island: Anniversary; Reunion' (TV)" paleycenter
Lucie_Arnaz
American actress and film producer (born 1964)
California. In November 2006, Bullock founded an Austin, Texas, restaurant named Bess Bistro which was located on West 6th Street. She later opened another
Sandra_Bullock
Films and television productions made at Elstree Studios
Company Series Episodes Years Main director/s Starring Lace Drama Lorimar 1 2 1984 William Hale Bess Armstrong, Brooke Adams, Arielle Dombasle, Phoebe Cates
List of films and television shows shot at Elstree Studios
List_of_films_and_television_shows_shot_at_Elstree_Studios
American rapper and producer (born 1977)
The Times of Israel. December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022. Levin, Bess (December 1, 2022). "Kanye West, Donald Trump's Dining Companion, Tells Alex
Kanye_West
American soprano
George Gershwin rewrote the part of "Bess" into a leading role in the original production of his opera Porgy and Bess in 1935. She was also a radio and concert
Anne_Brown
American physician and gymnastics teacher (1864–1957)
Bess Mensendieck (1 July 1864 New York City – 27 January 1957, born Elizabeth Marguerite de Varel Mensendieck) was an American physician and gymnastics
Bess_Mensendieck
British actress (1929–2010)
Blue Lagoon (1949), So Long at the Fair (1950), Angel Face (1953), Young Bess (1953), The Robe (1953), The Big Country (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), Spartacus
Jean_Simmons
International song competition
Azerbaijan – Narmin Salmanova Austria – Philipp Hansa France – Anggun Finland – Bess Belgium – Bart Cannaerts [nl] Germany – Elton Portugal – Maro Croatia –
Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
Berkley. ISBN 978-0-425-08999-6. Hopkins, Jerry (2002). Elvis in Hawaii. Bess Press. ISBN 978-1-57306-142-1. Hopkins, Jerry (2007). Elvis – The Biography
Elvis_Presley
Name list
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Bess (name) This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you
Bessie
American author and activist (1880–1968)
Keller famously saying: "I always knew He was there, but I didn't know His name!" Her spiritual autobiography, My Religion, was published in 1927 and then
Helen_Keller
2022 film by Bess Wohl
2022 American psychological horror-thriller film written and directed by Bess Wohl, in her directorial debut. It stars Noémie Merlant, Kit Harington, and
Baby_Ruby
American actress and singer (born 1970)
Master Class (1996), Ragtime (1998), A Raisin in the Sun (2004), Porgy and Bess (2012), and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (2014). Her other Tony-nominated
Audra_McDonald
Second Lady of the United States since 2025
Telugu-speaking areas of India; in Telugu names the family name is usually put before the given name. Her name in Telugu order would be "Chilukuri Usha"
Usha_Vance
Beauty pageant
contestant, Myerson was encouraged by the pageant directors to change her name to "Bess Meredith" or "Beth Merrick" but she refused. After winning the title
Miss_America_1945
American actor (born 1979)
Saints' Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills. The production was staged by Bess Armstrong, who had played the mother of Danes's character on My So-Called
Claire_Danes
2026 award ceremony for music
Stefan Demetriou & Amy James, video producers Relentless – Diane Warren Bess Kargman, video director; Peggy Drexler, Michele Farinola & Kat Nguyen, video
68th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
American actress (born 1943)
for a Drama Desk award. In 1983, Taylor appeared in Breakfast with Les and Bess, which prompted the New York magazine theatre critic John Simon to sing,
Holland_Taylor
Opera by Missy Mazzoli
directed by Tom Morris, Sydney Mancasola sang Bess, Wallis Giunta sang Dodo, Susan Bullock sang Bess's Mother. In 2024, the production was performed at
Breaking_the_Waves_(opera)
American actress (born 1966)
Touched by an Angel, and The Practice, and in 2001 landed the lead role of Bess Bernstein-Flynn Keats in the NBC comedy series Three Sisters (2001–2002)
Katherine_LaNasa
English actor (born 1981)
com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3150 Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine reviewsgate.com, 22 November 2006. "Porgy and Bess, Savoy, London"
O-T_Fagbenle
American actor, director, author, economic commentator (born 1978)
(2014), and Line of Duty (2019). In 2020, he made his Broadway debut in the Bess Wohl play Grand Horizons. Outside of acting, McKenzie is noted for his critical
Ben_McKenzie
Hospital in Oregon, United States
Foundation health care network.[circular reference] It was named after Henry J. Kaiser's wife Bess. The former location is now occupied by adidas America
Bess_Kaiser_Hospital
President of the United States from 1945 to 1953
when Bess Truman died in 1982, almost a decade after her husband, the house was found to be in poor condition due to deferred maintenance. Bess Truman's
Harry_S._Truman
American filmmaker (born 1987)
(1st ed.). New York: Watkins Media. ISBN 978-1-914420-58-0. Marvin, Amy; Bess, Isobel. "Atmospheres of Conversion: Trans Cinema, Tactics, and t4t Sociality"
Jane_Schoenbrun
2021–2025 U.S. presidential administration
Major media outlets projected Biden as the president-elect Saturday. Levin, Bess (November 16, 2020). "THE TRUMP APPOINTEE BLOCKING BIDEN'S TRANSITION IS
Presidency_of_Joe_Biden
Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Anderton, Ethan (November 24, 2021). "The Ice Age Adventures
List of comedy films of the 2020s
List_of_comedy_films_of_the_2020s
American actress (1921–1986)
Donna Adams. MGM didn't care for her name and soon changed it to Donna Reed. "A studio publicist hung the name on me, and I never did like it", Reed
Donna_Reed
First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993
to previous first ladies, Bush likened herself to Eleanor Roosevelt and Bess Truman. Bush was the last first lady to be raised prior to the onset of second-wave
Barbara_Bush
Pacific typhoon
Typhoon Bess, was a powerful, deadly, and destructive tropical cyclone, which was the deadliest typhoon to hit Japan since Typhoon Tip in 1979. The eleventh
Typhoon_Bess_(1982)
Canadian actor
Ardon Bess (born 1941) is a Canadian actor best known for appearing in a Heritage Minutes short film about the 1958 Springhill mining disaster portraying
Ardon_Bess
American social reformer and suffragist (1859–1947)
Science degree, the only female in her graduating class. Iowa State did not name valedictorians during Catt's time there, so there is no way to know her class
Carrie_Chapman_Catt
Defamation and sexual-assault lawsuits
Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023. Levin, Bess (May 23, 2023). "Donald Trump Won't Stop Defaming E. Jean Carroll—And She
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump
Term used by US law enforcement agency
Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt – Rover Harry S. Truman – General or Supervise Bess Truman – Sunnyside Dwight D. Eisenhower – Scorecard or Providence Mamie Eisenhower
Secret_Service_code_name
Typhoon Bess; as a result, the JTWC intended to replace the name with Bonnie. In August 1978, the JTWC initially named another tropical cyclone "Bess" before
List of retired Pacific typhoon names
List_of_retired_Pacific_typhoon_names
Northeast Berryman, Macon 1972 Northeast Besch, Nancy A. 2001 Northeast Bess, Dr. Thomas 1953 Northeast Bierer, James H. 1978 Northeast Bierer, John M
List of recipients of the Silver Antelope Award
List_of_recipients_of_the_Silver_Antelope_Award
Finnish musician (born 1993)
Retrieved 8 February 2025. "Kaistaa": "Suomen virallinen lista – Artistit: Bess, Käärijä" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Archived from the original on
Käärijä
pack of werewolves that peacefully coexist with humans and married one named Bess. After Sam and Dean find him, he introduces them to the pack and tries
List of Supernatural and The Winchesters characters
List_of_Supernatural_and_The_Winchesters_characters
Representation of isolatable musical sound
as determined by the clef. Each line or space is assigned a note name. These names are memorized by musicians and allow them to know at a glance the
Musical_note
1993 film by Nicholas Kazan
directed by Nicholas Kazan and starring James Spader and Mädchen Amick, with Bess Armstrong, Frederic Lehne, and Larry Miller in supporting roles. The original
Dream_Lover_(1993_film)
pressure of 998 hPa and would be assigned the name Bess by the JTWC. Once becoming a tropical storm, Bess would start drifting to the east. The storm would
1965_Pacific_typhoon_season
Species of mammal
Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2022. Bess, Anna. "ADW: Ornithorhynchidae: INFORMATION". Animaldiversity.org. Archived
Platypus
BESS NAME
BESS NAME
Surname or Lastname
English or Welsh (Bristol and Cardiff)
English or Welsh (Bristol and Cardiff) : perhaps a variant of Biss.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Bessie, a pet form of Elizabeth, BESSY means "God is my oath."Â
Surname or Lastname
English, northern Irish, and French
English, northern Irish, and French : from Middle English, Old French beste ‘animal’, ‘beast’ (Latin bestia), applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts—a herdsman— or as a derogatory nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal, i.e. a violent, uncouth, or stupid man. It is unlikely that the name is derived from best, Old English betst, superlative of good. By far the most frequent spelling of the French surname is Beste, but it is likely that in North America this form has largely been assimilated to Best.German : from a short form of Sebastian.
Surname or Lastname
Probably a shortened form of an unidentified Jewish surname.English
Probably a shortened form of an unidentified Jewish surname.English : variant of Lass 3.
Male
English
 Short form of English Jesse, JESS means "gift." Compare with feminine Jess.
Male
Egyptian
, ("oath"); Bes.
Female
English
 Short form of English Jessica JESS means "one who beholds" or "one who looks out." Compare with masculine Jess.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Apparently a metronymic from the female personal name Bess, pet form of Elizabeth.German : short form of Betz.In some cases it is probably an altered spelling of French Besse.
Female
English
Short form of English Tessa, TESS means "harvester."Â
Girl/Female
Greek American Hebrew English
From the Hebrew Elisheba, meaning either oath of God, or God is satisfaction. Famous bearer: Old...
Female
Egyptian
, Peace of Bes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.English : in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.Scottish : habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’.German : see Basse.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Swedish
God is My Oath; Consecrated to God; Form of Elizabeth; God is Perfections
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Consecrated to God
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a cooper or else a nickname for a rotund, fat man, from Middle English, Old French busse ‘cask’, ‘barrel’ (of unknown origin). The word was also used in Middle English for a type of ship, and the surname may perhaps have been given to someone who sailed in one. The byname seems to occur already in Domesday Book, where a Siward Buss, and a John and Richard Buss are recorded at Brasted in Kent.German and Swiss German : from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).Danish : variant of Buus.
Female
English
Pet form of English Elizabeth, BESS means "God is my oath."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Jesse.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a hunchback, from Old French bossu ‘hunchbacked’ (a derivative of bosse ‘lump’, ‘hump’; compare Bossard 2).German : from a short form of the personal name Borkhardt, a variant of Burkhart.Possibly an altered spelling of South German Bös (see Bos).Danish : medieval variant of Buus, a surname of uncertain origin, perhaps from German būsemen ‘devil’, ‘ghost’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Middle English bis, biss(e), bice, byse ‘dingy’, ‘dark’, ‘gray’, ‘murky’; ‘dark fur used for trimming and lining garments’ (Old French bis(e), of Germanic origin), hence a nickname for someone with an unhealthy complexion or someone who habitually dressed in particularly drab garments, or (from the noun) a metonymic occupational name for a furrier or maker of fur-trimmed garments.South German : nickname for a cutting, sarcastic person, from Biss ‘bite’.
Surname or Lastname
Scandinavian (especially Norwegian), Scottish, and northern English
Scandinavian (especially Norwegian), Scottish, and northern English : topographic name for someone who lived on a headland or promontory, Old Norse nes, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places named with this word; there are over a hundred farms in Norway and many settlements in Scotland and northern England so namedEnglish : according to Reaney and Wilson, a variant of Nash.German : habitational name from places called Nesse in Oldenburg and Friesland.German : from a short form of the female personal name Agnes (see Agnes 1).
BESS NAME
BESS NAME
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Attitude
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mounica | மோஉஂநீசா
Silence
Boy/Male
Muslim
Favor, Grace, Kindness
Boy/Male
Scottish American
God has been gracious; has shown favor. Based on John or Jacques.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Parsi
Treatment; Cure
Biblical
defense; bough
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Adalia, ADALIAH means "I shall be drawn up of God."Â
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hebrew, Muslim
Narrator of Hadith; Daughter of Abdul Muttalib and Mother of Abi Salamah
Boy/Male
Tamil
Attached, Connected
Male
English
Contracted form of English Geoffrey, possibly GEFFREY means "God's peace."Â
BESS NAME
BESS NAME
BESS NAME
BESS NAME
BESS NAME
n.
Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
n.
The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.
v. t.
To make less; to lessen.
pl.
of Bass
v. t.
To supply with a mess.
a.
A bass, or deep, sound or tone.
superl.
Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
a.
Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
n.
The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.
n.
Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.
n.
Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
n.
A tax; an assessment. See Cess.
adv.
Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
v. i.
To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.
a.
One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.
a.
Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
a.
Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
a.
Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.