Given name & surname
Besse
“my God is bountiful”
Besse is a variant of Bess. In English use, Bess carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Besse is a variant of Bess. In English use, Bess carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Besse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 671
- 0 boys · 671 girls
- Most popular year
- 1889
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 39 in 1889. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,504 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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