Bess
English diminutive of Elizabeth, Hebrew
"pledged to God"
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Bess Origin and Meaning
Variation of Elizabeth
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# 1000 in the US
Bess Rank in US Top 1000
Popularity of the name Bess
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Famous People Named Bess
- Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" TrumanFirst Lady of the U.S. as wife of President Harry Truman
- Bess MyersonMiss America 1945
- Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmortonlady,in,waiting of Queen Elizabeth I; wife to Sir Walter Raleigh
- Wilhelmina Beatrice "Bess" (Rahner) Houdiniwife of escape artist Harry Houdini
- Elizabeth "Bess" of HardwickCountess of Shrewsbury, Elizabethan English noblewoman
- Elizabeth Christiana "Bess" (Hervey) CavendishDuchess of Devonshire, early English woman novelist
- Good Queen Bessone of Queen Elizabeth I's many titles
- Jamison Bess Belushidaughter of actor Jim Belushi
The name Bess in Pop Culture
- Bess McNeillcharacter in film "Breaking the Waves"
- Bess Marvincharacter in the Nancy Drew series
- Besscharacter in opera "Porgy and Bess"
- Bessalternate personality of Jessica Buchanan on American soap "One Life to Live"
- Besscharacter in Erin Hunter's "Warriors" book series
- Besscharacter in the movie "Crush"
- Bess Laurencedaughter 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
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