The baby name tressa is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TRESS-uh (/ˈtrɛsə/).
tressa is English in Origin.
The baby name tressa is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TRESS-uh (/ˈtrɛsə/).
tressa is English in Origin.
Tressa is a Cornish feminine given name commonly glossed as “third,” often chosen for a third-born daughter. It appears in Cornwall from the 18th–19th centuries and, in wider English use, also serves as a variant or elaboration of Teresa/Theresa - names of uncertain origin (possibly from the Aegean island Therasia) later linked by folk etymology to “harvest.”
Usage has been modest in the Anglophone world, with small peaks in late Victorian and early 20th‑century records in Britain and the United States; today it reads as a rare, vintage‑fresh choice. Variants and related forms include Tressie, Tessa, and Tess; broader cognates are Teresa (Spanish/Portuguese), Theresa (English/German), Therese/Thérèse (French/Scandinavian), and Thereza/Tereza (Portuguese/Slavic). Through the Teresa lineage, it also echoes the saintly tradition of Teresa of Ávila and Thérèse of Lisieux.
tressa is rarely chosen. We have only 91 recorded uses of it on record, from 25 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #233 | 5 | 7,146 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #276 | 3 | 7,507 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #521 | 3 | 11,913 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #556 | 6 | 19,177 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #569 | 5 | 11,342 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #594 | 4 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #653 | 2 | 13,121 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 3 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,057 | 16 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,215 | 22 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
tressa is popular in 25 countries — most recent births per country:
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