What does Tess mean?

Tess means "essence; fifth-born"

How do we pronounce Tess?

Tess \tes(s), te-ss\ is a female's name. It consists of 4 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby girl name Tess is pronounced as T-S- 1.

1 Pronunciation for Tess: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"

What is the origin of Tess?

Tess has its origins in the Latin and Old Greek languages. It is used largely in English and Greek. Tess is a variant form of the English Quintella pronounciation. Tess a contracted form of the English short names for Quintessa in the Greek language. Tess a diminutive of the English and German Theresa pronounciation in the English language. A variant form of the name is the English diminutive Tessy name variations. See also the related form, the name Shantesa pronounciation. Tess is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1980s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. Its usage peaked modestly in 1993 with 0.027% of baby girls being named Tess. It had a ranking of #483 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then. In 2010, it ranked at #810 with a usage of 0.017%, but it was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Tess was 22% more regularly used than the next ranked name, name Theresa, in 2010.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Tess:

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The baby name Tess fun facts:

The name Tess in reverse order is "Sset".

The numerological value of the name Tess is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Tess?

Tess is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.01%
20130.01%
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20110.02%
20100.02%
20090.02%
20080.02%
20070.02%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames