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What does Therese mean?
Therese 
▼ as a name for girls is of Greek origin, and Therese means "late summer". Therese is a variant form of Theresa (Greek). See also Teresa
STARTS WITH Th-
ASSOCIATED WITH greek
Variations
VARIANT Terese▼
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA THERESA Taresa, Terasa, Teresa▼, Teresia, Teressa▼, Tereza, Terezsa, Terresa, Tersa, Theresina, Theresita, Theressa, Treesa, Tresa
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Therese Alana (T.A.), ..
How popular is Therese?
Therese is a very popular first name for women (#569 out of 4276, Top 13%) but a rare last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Therese reached its top position of #285 in the U.S. during the years 1950-1959, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Teresa (#798 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Theresa (#1106), Terese, Teresia, Teressa, Terresa, Theressa and Tresa are the popular alternative forms of Therese appearing in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Terasa, are seldom used. These forms of Therese reached the apex of their popularity in the 1960s (MEDIAN #876) and have become significantly less popular since, with versions like Theresa becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Therese▼ is pronounced similarly to Teresse and Terez. Other recommended sound-alike names are Cerese, Charese, Chelese, Cherece, Cheree, Chereese, Cherene, Cheresa, Cherese, Cheresse, Cheriese, Cherise, Cheryse, Sherece, Sheree▼, Shereese, Sheresa, Sherese, Sherise, Teree, Tereska, Therena, Thersa, Thirsa, Thursa and Tiersa. These names tend to be less frequently used than Therese.
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