Given name & surname
Bassey
“resembling the fish”
Bassey is a variant of Bass. One English interpretation is “resembling the fish.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bassey is a variant of Bass. One English interpretation is “resembling the fish.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bassey is a variant of Bass. An origin associated with Bass is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bassey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 165 as a first name in 2020; 711 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bassey’s family of names
Bassey has a related form in Bass. In Greek usage, Bassey as a surname is a transliteration of Μπάσσεϋ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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