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This was the name of the actress who played Phyllis's little girl in Rhoda. Bess was played by Lisa Gerritsen.
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Beatrice, Berenice, Bertina, Bathsheba and Bernadette could be longer names for Bess.
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I rate Bess 2/10.
It is nicknamey and also dated in my opinion. I can imagine an old, sad aunt named Bess.
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It is nicknamey and also dated in my opinion. I can imagine an old, sad aunt named Bess.
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Good name for a cow or a girl baby. It is so gentle sounding. I imagine a girl named this would have large brown eyes and like to read and daydream.
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Bess is one of Elizabeth Richmond's personalities in the book "The Bird's Nest" by Shirley Jackson.
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In 2018, 26 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Bess* who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 5, 597th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
*as a first name, not a nickname.
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*as a first name, not a nickname.
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Bess Myerson was Miss America 1945.
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Elisabeth "Bess" Marvin is one of Nancy Drew's best friends.
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"Bess" was one of the nicknames for Theodore "Laurie" and Amy's daughter Elizabeth in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Men".
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I love the name Bess. It has an Old World feel, and sounds simple and sweet. I considered it for one of my daughters, but didn't want mean kids mooing at her or calling her "Messy Bessy." It is an adorable name though, and I hope it comes back into fashion. I ended up naming my girl Ellie instead.
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I'm an Elizabeth who has used different diminutives at different stages of my life - I was "Libby" as a little girl, "Ellie" in high school and "Eliza" in college. My husband started calling me "Beth", which I've been for the last twenty years. I'm planning on using "Bess" when I get to the grandma stage - it seems like a good grandma name.
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I think Bess has a lot of potential for from old-world memories and charm into some modern-world soil, so to speak. Betty is quite darling as well (which is also what my Grandmother goes by to friends).
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Bess is the name of the heroine in the book "The Highwayman's Footstep's" by Nicola Morgan, based on the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.
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In the movie 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' Abbie Cornish plays Queen Elizabeth's friend, also named Elizabeth with the nickname of Bess.
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This is my favourite Elizabeth diminutive, closely followed by Betty.
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My parents picked this name for me out of a book. As a kid I hated it. I like it now, in my 30's. I was teased in school as "Bessie the cow" even though I wasn't fat. I like having a short name that is easy to spell. A lot of people hear Beth, no matter how much I pronounce the ss at the end.
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I find Bess incredibly darling and completely human. ;]
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Bess is a good nickname for Elizabeth, although it sounds more like something you would name your dog.
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A famous bearer is First Lady Bess Truman.
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Bess is the name of the landlord's daughter in the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes (1906).
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Queen Elizabeth I of England was sometimes called "Good Queen Bess."
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Bess Marvin is a character in the Nancy Drew series.
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