Bessie

Bessie can be a surname, a nickname (diminutive), and a woman's given name. Bessie is an English diminutive of Elizabeth, Beatrice, or Bessandra, and has been so used since the 16th century. Bessie is sometimes used as a name in its own right, rather than an informal diminutive.

Bessie may refer to:

• A common or stereotypical name for cows or horses
• Bessie, a stuffed Beanie Baby cow toy
• Bessie (lake monster), a lake monster in Lake Erie
• Bessie (narrowboat), a boat in the West Country Living Museum, England
• Bessie Awards in dance, the New York Dance and Performance Awards
• Bessie Smith, American blues singer
  • "Bessie", a 1972 biography of Bessie Smith written by American journalist Chris Albertson
  • Bessie, a 2015 biographical film based on the life of Bessie Smith
• Bessie Love, stage name of American film actress Juanita Horton
• Alvah Bessie, screenwriter blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten
• Diamond Bessie, murdered prostitute
• Bessie Coleman, first African-American female aviator
• Bessilyn Johnson, woman who inspired Scotty's Castle
• A car used on the science fiction television series Doctor Who
• Bessie, an asphalt-paver character in the movie Cars
• Bessie Higgenbottom, titular character of the Nickelodeon TV channel cartoon, The Mighty B!
• Besant Nagar, a neighborhood of the Indian city of Chennai