Bess
How many real pets are named Bess, which animals and breeds have it, and where.
How popular is Bess as a pet name?
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In the public pet records we track, 22 pets are named Bess: 20 dogs, 2 cats. Where sex was recorded, 100% are female and 0% male. It ranks #2,935 among dog names and #3,938 among cat names.
Breeds most often named Bess
Dogs
- Beagle: 2
- Pit Bull: 2
- Labradoodle: 1
- Cairn Terrier: 1
- Wire Fox Terrier: 1
Cats
Breeds as recorded on licenses and shelter records; mixes are grouped under their main breed.
Where pets are named Bess
- New York City: 11licensed
- Austin shelter: 6shelter
- Burnside (SA): 3licensed
- Seattle: 1licensed
- Adelaide: 1licensed
Bess as a human name
This is the meaning of Bess as a person's given name, not a pet-specific meaning.
A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Names similar to Bess
Dog names about as popular as Bess
Bess FAQ
How many pets are named Bess?
In the public pet records we track, 22 pets are named Bess: 20 dogs, 2 cats. Where sex was recorded, 100% are female and 0% male. It ranks #2,935 among dog names and #3,938 among cat names.
What breed is most often named Bess?
Among dogs named Bess in these records, the most common breed is Beagle.
Counts come from public open data: NYC Dog Licensing Dataset (NYC Open Data); Seattle Pet Licenses (public domain); Dog Registrations, City of Adelaide (CC BY 3.0 AU); Burnside Dog Registrations (CC BY 3.0 AU); Austin Animal Center Outcomes (public domain). License records count registered pets; shelter records count animals that passed through a shelter (some names are given by staff). Pets that appear in several years of one dataset are counted once. Names are counted as written, so spelling variants are separate.