Bessarion Name meanings & History

"woodland" or "forest". Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek βῆσσα (bessa) meaning "wooded valley". This was the name of a 5th-century Egyptian hermit who was a disciple of Saint Anthony the Great. It was later adopted by the scholar Basilios Bessarion (1403-1472), a Greek born in Byzantine Anatolia who became a Roman Catholic bishop. Bessarion is primarily used as a first name for boys.

Zodiac Sign of Bessarion: Beauty Taurus,Brains Libra

Synonyms of Bessarion:

B: Bashful,Beauty,Bountiful,Brains

E: Enlighten,Expressive,Entertain,Exaggerate,Enliven,Environment

S: Security,Success,Sex,Sensuality,Status,Social Standing,Solidity

A: Assertive,Angry,Ambitious,Argumentative,Action,Aggressive

R: Reason,Restless,Resourceful,Rational

I: Involved,Intimate,Indulgence

O: Organized,Obstinate,Obsolete,Obsessive,Ostentatious

N: Neurosis,Nervous,Nutrition,Nagging,Nice,Neat,Nitpicking

Bessarion is:

• a Comedic name
• a Complex name
• a Formal name

Famous People

Bessarion was the name of a 15th-century Byzantine scholar, statesman, and cardinal. Another notable Bessarion was a Greek painter who was active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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