Philo Herbert Pesses was born on 6 March 1936, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States. He died on 7 May 2012, in his hometown, at the age of 76.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Moshe.
Jewish (from Syria): perhaps a nickname from a vernacular form of standard Arabic ‘uṣaṣ ‘coccyx’.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Ese, a pet form of Ester (see Esther ), + Yiddish possessive -s.
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