Bessey

Origin: French, Latin, English

Meaning: As a surname, Bessey has several possible origins. It could be derived from a place name in France, which seems to come from Bassiacum, a Gallo-Roman name made up of Latin given name Bassius which either comes from Greek bassos "fox" or from Latin bassus "short, low". 

Another possible meaning is that is comes from French besson meaning "twin", "twice" or "double" from Latin bissus, originally used as a nickname for someone who was a twin. It could also have started out as a matrynonic for Elizabeth or its nickname Bess, a female given name meaning "God is my oath" or "God is my abundance".

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Variants:
  • Besse
  • Beesey 
  • Bessen 

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