Bessette Family History
Bessette Name Meaning
French: topographic name designating a small wood of birches from Occitan bès ‘birch tree’ (see Besse ) or a habitational name from (La) Bessette the name of several places in the southern part of France. Alternatively an altered form of French Besset: topographic name a cognate of 1 above. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022