The baby name Tessa is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TESS-ə.
The baby name Tessa is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TESS-ə.
Tessa is English, Greek in Origin.
Tessa is a shortened form of Teresa or Theresa, shaped in English from Tess with the feminine -a ending. The older name is first securely seen in Late Antiquity as Therasia, borne by the Spanish wife of Paulinus of Nola. Its root is normally treated as Greek, perhaps linked with the Aegean island Therasia; an alternative connection with Greek therizein, to reap, underlies the traditional gloss harvester, though the island-name explanation is often preferred.
As an independent given name, Tessa developed mainly in English and Dutch usage, alongside Tess and Tessie. Teresa spread through Catholic Europe after Saint Teresa of Ávila and later appears in forms such as French Thérèse, German Theresia, Hungarian Teréz, and Portuguese Terezinha. In the United States, Tessa entered the Top 1000 in the 1960s, rose steadily in the 1980s and 1990s, and has ranked above Theresa in recent decades.
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 874 |
| Germany | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 411 |
| HT | Girls | 0 | #23 | 1 | 950 |
| NA | 0 | #29 | 5 | 2,537 | |
| EE | 0 | #37 | 1 | 1,051 | |
| ID | 0 | #39 | 1 | 2,238 | |
| MO | 0 | #51 | 2 | 2,706 | |
| LU | 0 | #66 | 1 | 2,830 | |
| New Zealand | Girls | 2010 | #68 | 44 | 98 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #74 | 4,590 | 5,933 |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| CN | 0 | #85 | 2 | 3,857 | |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #92 | 1 | 865 |
| QA | 0 | #99 | 8 | 7,011 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #100 | 3 | 3,319 |
| TW | 0 | #103 | 1 | 4,523 | |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #105 | 514 | 3,185 |
| PH | 0 | #107 | 4 | 5,607 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #113 | 2 | 5,459 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #119 | 17 | 1,786 |
| NL | 0 | #124 | 344 | 2,481 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #125 | 1 | 3,755 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| MU | 0 | #136 | 2 | 3,613 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #141 | 157 | 2,795 |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #142 | 1 | 1,888 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #147 | 7 | 3,773 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #150 | 2 | 4,216 |
| Belgium | Girls | 2024 | #153 | 33 | 424 |
| CR | 0 | #162 | 4 | 5,526 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #167 | 1 | 3,171 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #170 | 55 | 7,146 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #173 | 5 | 2,769 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #178 | 2 | 1,568 |
| HR | 0 | #180 | 2 | 2,081 | |
| AE | 0 | #181 | 7 | 10,220 | |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #187 | 4 | 4,850 |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| DK | 0 | #202 | 5 | 5,198 | |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #217 | 1 | 4,575 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #226 | 2 | 4,141 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #232 | 202 | 1,368 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #236 | 16 | 7,056 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #240 | 20 | 7,507 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #245 | 5 | 6,293 |
| GH | 0 | #246 | 3 | 5,396 | |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| SG | 0 | #251 | 19 | 11,010 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| Finland | 0 | #266 | 42 | 830 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #269 | 21 | 3,687 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #270 | 1,034 | 8,487 |
| NG | 0 | #271 | 2 | 5,926 | |
| IL | 0 | #280 | 3 | 6,291 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #281 | 9 | 8,139 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #294 | 23 | 7,429 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #296 | 56 | 8,539 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #303 | 14 | 15,378 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #307 | 983 | 3,895 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #329 | 4 | 5,862 |
| PE | 0 | #329 | 1 | 6,350 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #329 | 62 | 13,098 |
| HK | 0 | #336 | 13 | 8,483 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #336 | 4 | 7,570 |
| ZA | 0 | #336 | 112 | 14,421 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #340 | 10 | 8,829 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #343 | 9 | 5,378 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #343 | 12 | 5,096 |
| MY | 0 | #348 | 7 | 12,352 | |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #392 | 29 | 1,885 |
| Germany | 0 | #401 | 37 | 2,542 | |
| MX | 0 | #402 | 12 | 8,339 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #405 | 2 | 8,413 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| EG | 0 | #410 | 3 | 6,387 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #417 | 8 | 15,987 |
| CL | 0 | #433 | 2 | 6,867 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #434 | 1,242 | 25,928 |
| Spain | 0 | #438 | 15 | 2,326 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #467 | 5 | 7,952 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #467 | 120 | 18,916 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #483 | 16 | 11,913 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #494 | 39 | 11,342 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #495 | 21 | 19,177 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #507 | 17 | 10,981 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #512 | 42 | 20,968 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #519 | 12 | 8,334 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #524 | 2 | 11,303 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #530 | 7 | 6,731 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #537 | 5 | 7,500 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #540 | 11 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #544 | 10 | 17,937 | |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #554 | 7 | 11,671 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #560 | 307 | 4,949 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #563 | 53 | 16,104 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #597 | 21 | 11,648 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #626 | 5 | 8,289 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #643 | 9 | 9,488 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| IT | 0 | #676 | 39 | 4,183 | |
| LB | 0 | #685 | 6 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #744 | 43 | 15,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #807 | 23 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2004 | #825 | 8 | 7,246 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #834 | 18 | 14,098 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #849 | 135 | 5,561 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #897 | 39 | 25,931 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #915 | 29 | 14,861 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #940 | 55 | 24,821 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #942 | 10 | 5,873 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #988 | 5 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 3 | 14,742 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,031 | 153 | 17,781 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 384 | 9,415 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,144 | 9 | 16,140 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,144 | 33 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,162 | 17 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,194 | 6 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,249 | 6 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,689 | 3 | 28,008 |
Tessa is popular in 81 countries — most recent births per country:
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