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What does Tessa mean?
Tessa 
▲ as a girls' name is pronounced TESS-ah. It is of English origin. Diminutive of Teresa. Also possibly (Greek) "fourth child". Thomas Hardy's wrote a famous novel "Tess of the d'Ubervilles". Also form of Theresa.
Variations
VARIANTS Tess, Tessia, Tessie▼, Tessy, Teza
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA TERESA Techa, Terasa, Terese▼, Teresia, Tereska, Teressa▼, Teresse, Terez, Tereza, Terri▼, Terry▼, Tersa, Tersia, Teruska, Tesa, Tesia, Teskia, Tresa, Tressa
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Daysa, ..
(male) Testa, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Tessa Paislee (T.P.), ..
How popular is Tessa?
Tessa is a very popular first name for females (#885 out of 4276, Top 21%) but a unique last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Tessa entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its peak position of #190 in the U.S. in the year 2007, and is currently at #245. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Tessa (#245 IN 2018) are Teresa (#798), Theresa (#1106), Tess (#1291), Terese, Teresia, Teressa, Terri, Terry, Tesia, Tessie, Tresa and Tressa. These forms of Tessa reached the height of their popularity during the years 1960-1969 (USAGE OF 1.9%) and are now much less widespread (USAGE 0.1%, DOWN 93.6%), with forms like Terry falling out of fashion. Tessa is the most trendy birth name in this list.
Similar Names
Tessa▲ is pronounced similarly to Taisa, Tasa, Tasiya, Tassa, Tassie, Tasya, Tazia, Tesa, Tessey, Tessi, Thaisa, Tisa, Tosiya, Tossa and Tossia. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alessa, Anessa, Assa, Chessa, Cressa, Dessa, Elssa, Inessa, Jessa, Jesusa, Kelsa, Leasa, Leesa, Lissa, Lyssa, Mesa, Nessa, Nissa, Nyssa, Orssa, Reesa, Tasha▼, Tasia▼, Tasja, Taska, Teana, Techa, Tecla, Teena, Teina, Teisha, Tekla, Telisa, Telka, Teona, Tera▼, Terasa, Teressa▼, Tersa, Tersha, Terza, Tesia, Teskia, Tesla, Tessica, Tessla, Teyna, Thersa, Tiesha▼, Tisha▼, Tosca, Tosha▼, Tosia, Treasa, Treesa, Tresa, Tressa, Trisa, Trissa and Tyesha▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Tessa.
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