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Bessy - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bessy
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. bes-sy, be-ssy ] The girl name Bessy is pronounced BEHSiy KEY. Bessy's origin is Hebrew, and its use, English. Bessy is a pet form of Elizabeth (English).

Bessy is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Within the family of girl names directly related to Bessy, Elizabeth (English) was the most commonly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Bessy include Bessie (English), Basia (Polish), Batia (Hebrew), Becca (English), Becky (English), Bojka (Czech), Boza (Czech), Bozka (Czech), and Babs (English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Bessy: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


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