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bess Name Meaning and History

  1. English: unexplained. Apparently a metronymic from the female personal name Bess, pet form of Elizabeth.
  2. German: short form of Betz.
  3. In some cases it is probably an altered spelling of French Besse.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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bess Family Facts

Distribution of bess Families in the US in 1920
Number of bess families
 57-112
 20-56		 1-19
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BESS--NYC jenniferbess1 1
Bess Family albertmorris1 1
BESS families in Missouri David N. Bollinger 6
FRED Bess of Skowhegan, Maine polarjo57 0
Sarah BESS CMaynard32 2
Henry Bess, Permelia Bess, and Margaret Minor of Missouri LoLo41 4
Bostian Bess 1785-1869 judylowe1 2
Bess Family in Missouri txnnvirginia 1
POW/MIA Korean War, BESS H. Davis 3
To Captain Maynard--Nash Bess CarrieBalser(Bess) 6
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