Ness is a unisex given name, which means "from the headland".

People Ness Edwards (1897–1968), Welsh Labour Party politician Ness Flowers, Welsh rugby player in the 1970s and '80s Ness Murby (born 1985), Canadian athlete Ness Wadia (born 1970), Indian businessman Ness Zamir (born 1990), Israeli footballer

Fictional characters Ness, the protagonist of EarthBound, the second installment in the Mother series. However, this is likely unrelated to the Scottish name, as Ness is an anagram for SNES, the console EarthBound was released on. Ness, the waiter at Sparky's Diner in Five Nights at Freddy's.