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Type Surname (from location)
Usage French (Quebec), French (Acadian), French
Other Forms FormsBesset, Besse
Meaning & History
Bessette appears to be a French Canadian surname of multiple origins.As a topographical name it may refer to a small wood of birches, and comes from the Occitan word bès, which means "birch tree", however as a habitational name it denotes original dwellers of La Bassette, in France.Alternatively an altered form of French Besset, a topographic name.