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Bessie name meaning

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126
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Bessie mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Bessie

User Submitted Origins

English
67%
African American
25%
Greek
8%

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Wiktionary
  1. A diminutive of Elizabeth, also used as a formal female given name.
  2. Bessie, a lake monster supposed to exist in Lake Erie in the United States.
  3. A town in Oklahoma.

Bessie was also found in the following language(s): Tagalog

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Notable Persons Named Bessie

Notable Persons Named Bessie

Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith was a blues and twelve-bar blues singer, actress, and singing. Her career lasted from 1912 to 1937. Bessie was born Bessie Smith on April 15th, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. Bessie is also known as The Empress of the Blues. She left this life on September 26th, 1937.

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Betty Wright

Betty Wright is a rhythm, blues, soul music, gospel music, and disco musician. She was most prominent from 1956 to present. Betty was given the name Bessie Regina Norris on December 21st, 1953 in Miami, Florida, United States.

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Bessie Love

Bessie Love was an actress. She was most active from 1915 to present. Bessie was given the name Juanita Horton on September 10th, 1898 in Midland, Texas, United States. She breathed her last breath on April 26th, 1986.

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Lillian Gordy Carter

Lillian Gordy Carter was a nursing and nurse. Lillian was given the name Bessie Lillian Gordy on August 15th, 1898 in Richland, Georgia. She breathed her last breath on October 30th, 1983.

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Bessie Braddock

Bessie Braddock was a member of parliament. Bessie was born on September 24th, 1899 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. She passed away on November 13th, 1970.

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Bessie Stringfield

Bessie was born in 1911 in Kingston, Jamaica. She left this life in 1993.

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  • Katie Johnson
    Actress
  • Bessie Jones
    Musician
  • Bessie Pease Gutmann
  • Bessie Barriscale
    Actress
  • Bessie MacNicol
  • Bessie Potter Vonnoh
    Artist
  • Bessie Rayner Parkes
  • Bessie Dunlop
    Farmer
  • Bessie Rischbieth
  • Edna Goodrich
    Film
  • Bessie Thomashefsky
    Actor
  • Bessie Clayton
    Dancer
  • Bessie Abott
    Musician
  • Bessie Stough Callender

Notable Persons With the Last Name Bessie

Notable Persons With the Last Name Bessie

Alvah Bessie

Alvah was born on June 4th, 1904. He died on July 21st, 1985.

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Bessie U.S.
█  White 35.71% 64.26%
█  African American 61.11% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.00% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 0.00% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 0.00% 16.26%

Of Last Name Bessie

People with the last name Bessie are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Bessie

  • What name lists does Bessie rank for?
    #22Girl Name of the 1900s
    #14Girl Name of the 1890s
    #13Girl Name of the 1880s
    #19Old-Fashioned Girl Names
    #29Girl Names Unique to the Southeast
  • How Popular is the name Bessie? Bessie is the 426th most popular name of all time. As a last name Bessie was the 133,863rd most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Bessie have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 170,790 babies born with the first name Bessie in the United States. That's more than enough people named Bessie to occupy the country of Saint Lucia with an estimated population of 166,526 (as of May 10, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Bessie? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 796 new born babies.
  • When was Bessie first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Bessie is Thursday, August 21st, 1862.
  • What year had the most people named Bessie born? The highest recorded use of the first name Bessie was in 1916 with a total of 4,122 babies. That's a lot of babies named Bessie!
  • Random Bessie Factoid: According to the 1921 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Bessie ranks 93rd in popularity as a baby girl's name in Indiana. Imagine that, 67 babies in Indiana have the same name in 1921.
  • Weird things about the name Bessie: The name spelled backwards is Eisseb. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Eisebs. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Bessie? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 126 people with the last name Bessie.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Bessie? Bessie is one of the most unique last names recorded.
    • Bessie name meaning

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