Bess

English diminutive of Elizabeth, Hebrew

"pledged to God"

Bess Origin and Meaning

Variation of Elizabeth

Bess Rank in US Top 1000

# 1000 in the US

Popularity of the name Bess

• 1784 Nameberry 2026

20 Names Similar to Bess

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• Bessie
• Mamie
• Franny
• Francie
• Wilma
• Joanie
• Betsy
• Gretchen
• Freddie
• Flo
• Georgette
• Trudy
• Bette
• Connie
• Midge
• Thelma
• Gladys
• Francine
• Fanny
• Norma

Famous People Named Bess

• Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman First Lady of the U.S. as wife of President Harry Truman
• Bess Myerson Miss America 1945
• Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton lady,in,waiting of Queen Elizabeth I; wife to Sir Walter Raleigh
• Wilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" (Rahner) Houdini wife of escape artist Harry Houdini
• Elizabeth "Bess" of Hardwick Countess of Shrewsbury, Elizabethan English noblewoman
• Elizabeth Christiana "Bess" (Hervey) Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire, early English woman novelist
• Good Queen Bess one of Queen Elizabeth I's many titles
• Jamison Bess Belushi daughter of actor Jim Belushi

The name Bess in Pop Culture

• Bess McNeill character in film "Breaking the Waves"
• Bess Marvin character in the Nancy Drew series
• Bess character in opera "Porgy and Bess"
• Bess alternate personality of Jessica Buchanan on American soap "One Life to Live"
• Bess character in Erin Hunter's "Warriors" book series
• Bess character in the movie "Crush"
• Bess Laurence daughter of Amy in "Little Men"
• Bess "the landlord's black,eyed daughter," character in the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes and song by Loreena McKennit