Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Βήσσος
“to fear”
Βήσσος (Bḗssos) is a masculine given name from Old Persian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Bḗssos.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Βήσσος goes back to Proto-Iranian *báyHati, meaning “to fear.”
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Where it comes from
Βήσσος comes from Old Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Iranian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Βήσσος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Βήσσος can be written in the Roman alphabet as Bḗssos.
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