Bess

I rate Bess 2/10.
It is nicknamey and also dated in my opinion. I can imagine an old, sad aunt named Bess.

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.

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.

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.

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).

This is my favourite Elizabeth diminutive, closely followed by Betty.

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.

I find Bess incredibly darling and completely human. ;]

Bess is a good nickname for Elizabeth, although it sounds more like something you would name your dog.