Bessy - Meaning of Bessy

What does Bessy mean?

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[ 2 syll. bes-sy, be-ssy ] The baby girl name Bessy is pronounced BEHSiy †. Bessy's origin is Hebrew, and its use, English.

Bessy is a familiar form (English) of Bess (English and Hebrew).

Bessy is also a familiar form (English) of Elizabeth (English, Greek, and Hebrew).

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 was the most commonly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Bessy include Bessey, Bessi (English), Babba, Babsi (German), Bacca, Backa, Baka, Bakah, Bakka, Bakko, Bako, Basha (Yiddish), Basi, Basja, Basya (Yiddish and Hebrew), Basye (Yiddish), Bebba, Bebbah, Beca, and Becah.

† Pronunciation for Bessy: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"