Bessie

Diminutive of Elizabeth, Hebrew

"pledged to God"

Bessie Origin and Meaning

Variation of Bessie

Bessie Rank in US Top 1000

# 957 in the US

Popularity of the name Bessie

• 1960 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Bessie

• Bessie Smith American jazz singer
• (Bessie) Wallis Warfield Simpson Duchess of Windsor, American socialite; wife of Britain's King Edward VIII
• Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton) American silent film actress
• Bessie Barriscale (born Elizabeth Barry Scale) American stage and silent film actress
• Bessie Coleman American aviatrix
• Elizabeth Margaret "Bessie" Braddock English MP for Liverpool
• Bessie Amelia Emery Head Botswanian writer
• Bessie Potter Vonnoh American sculptor
• Bessie Banks American soul singer
• Bessie Carter English actress
• (Bessie) Lillian Gordy Carter mother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter

The name Bessie in Pop Culture

• Bessie character in The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton
• Bessie Busybody character from the TV show "Lazy Town"
• Bessie Mrs. Forrester's cow in Cranford
• Bessie Clavell character in "The Sims 3" computer game