Bessie - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Bessie \b(es)-sie\ is a variant of Bess, Beth (Hebrew), Betty (Dutch, English) and Elizabeth (Hebrew), and the meaning of Bessie is "house; God's promise; God is my oath". See also Betsy.

The baby name Bessie sounds like Bessy and Basia. Other similar baby names are Nessie, Betsie, Jessie, Kessie and Tessie.

Bessie is a very common first name for women (#221 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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