1. Recorded as Bes, Bess, Besse, and diminutives Bessie, Beesey, Bessey, Beazey, patronymics Bessom and Besson and possibly others, this is an English surname

2. Name Strings/Identifiers/Cognomens [edit edit source] Patronymics, identifiers, and Cognomens are included in one name string and placed in the given name field

3. As to how Batt became (sometimes) Bass and the diminutives or patronymics Basson etc can only be put down to dialectal changes in the middle ages and later

4. With regard to the choice of name, as a result of the process of acculturation, there was a tendency especially among Greeks living abroad, for example in the United States, to use those first names or patronymics that were easiest to pronounce or write.