Theresa

Theresa \(t)he-re-sa, th-er-esa\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Theresa is pronounced TahREYZah or TahRIYSah in English, TehREHZaa in German ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Theresa: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Theresa?

Theresa's language of origin is Old Greek. It is used predominantly in English and German. The meaning of Theresa is 'hunter; harvest; guardian; woman from Therasia'. The name is of uncertain origin. It was first adopted in Spain and Portugal, where it was known in the 5th century from Saint Paulinus of Nola's wife, a Spanish woman named Therasia; she was supposed to have been born on the Greek island Thera, known today as Santorini. The island name could be derived from the Old Greek ther ('animal, game'), or else from other Greek words meaning 'harvest' or 'guardian'. Therasia the name of a small island to the west of Santorini, separated by an eruption; the first name is thus sometimes taken to mean 'woman from Therasia'. The first name was later borne by Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), a prominent Spanish mystic and Carmelite nun, and Saint Thérèse de Lisieux (1873-1897), a Carmelite nun also recognized as a Doctor of the Church by the Roman Catholics; the name was thus popular among Roman Catholics in medieval times. English speakers took up the name in the 18th century, by when the Catholic association had been largely diminished. The first name is today well-known from Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; 1910-1997), a Roman Catholic nun born in Albania and residing in India. Theresa is the feminine version of the Italian name Teresio meaning. The name Theresa is widely used; it has 109 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name consist of nicknames for Resa, Terasa pronounciation, Terecena definition, Terese name variations (used in Scandinavian as well), Teresea meaning of name, Teresha meaning and origin, Teresina name variations (used in Italian as well), name Teresine origin, Teressa pronounciation, Teresse name, Terest name variations, Terez meaning (used in Hungarian as well), Tereze name, nicknames for Terie, Terina pronounciation, name Terrill, Tersia definition, Tery definition, name Tessi, short names for Tessy, what does the name Theresah mean, name Theresha, Theressa pronounciation, name Theria origin, Therra pronounciation, short names for Therressa, name Thersa, name Thresa meaning, baby name Toireasa, Tosia pronounciation, what does the name Trace mean, Tracee name popularity, baby name Traci, name Tracie, name Tresa meaning (used in German as well), what does the name Tresha mean, Treska meaning and origin, Tressam meaning of name, Tressella name, Trica name, and name Zita. Other English forms consist of the contracted forms Teri pronounciation, meaning of Tressa, and Trice name, the familiar forms Ressie pronounciation, name Teesa meaning, Tera name variations, Terra name popularity, nicknames for Terri, Terrie name variations, Terry meaning, what does the name Tesa mean (used in Polish as well), Tesha name variations, baby name Tesia (used in Polish as well), Tess name, meaning of Tessa, nicknames for Tesse, Tessia name, Tessie name variations, Tezia name popularity, what does the name Thera mean, Tracey definition, meaning of Tracy, and nicknames for Tressie, and the spelling variants Tereasa pronounciation, Teresa name variations (used in Italian, and Spanish as well), what does the name Terisa mean, and meaning of Terresa. Forms used in foreign languages consist of the Hawaiian name Keleka, the Polish baby name Renia, the German Resel definition, the Czech and Hungarian name Reza, the Hungarian Rezi meaning of name, the Czech name Rezka meaning, the Hungarian Riza name variations, the Hungarian Rizus name, the Greek meaning of Tassos, the Dutch Tayeska meaning, the Hungarian name Teca, the Spanish what does the name Techa mean, the Hungarian Tercsa name, the Polish Terenia meaning, the German Teresia meaning of name, the Polish Tereska pronounciation, the French Tereson name popularity, the Brazilian, Czech, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Slavic nicknames for Tereza, the Czech and Hungarian name Terezia meaning, the Czech Terezie meaning of name, the Russian meaning of Terezilya, the Czech Terezka name popularity, the Hungarian short names for Terike, the Italian Tersa name popularity, the Hungarian Teruska name, the German Theres meaning of name, the French and German Therese meaning of name, the German short names for Theresia, the French name Thérèse, the Irish Treasa pronounciation, the German Trescha meaning of name, the Hungarian name Treszka origin, the Russian Zilya meaning of name, and the Polish Zyta name. Specific foreign variants consist of the contracted form name Tere meaning (Spanish), and the familiar forms name Reserl meaning (German), Resi meaning and origin (German), Resli name popularity (German), Teresita meaning and origin (Spanish), Tete meaning (Spanish), and Tisa meaning and origin (Swahili). Theresa is an all-time favorite. Today it is still a somewhat popular baby girl name, but not as as it was previously. At the height of its usage in 1961, 0.577% of baby girls were named Theresa. It was #35 in rank then. The baby name has steeply slipped in popularity since then, and is of only modest use in recent times. In 2010, it ranked at #940 with a usage of 0.014%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Theresa, Tessa meaning of name was the most popular. It was 5 times more commonly used than Theresa in 2010.

A famous person named Theresa is Terri Schiavo, Medical Patient, born Theresa Marie Schindler 3 December 1963 - 31 March 2005.

List of baby names Theresa:

the English, Italian, and Spanish name Teresa meaning, the name Taracka meaning, the name Tarakah name variations, the name Tarakya definition, the English Tarasa definition, the English name Tarasha meaning, the Indian baby name Tarika, the name nicknames for Tarisai, the name baby name Terasa, the English name Teresea origin, the English Terica name popularity, the name nicknames for Terika, the English baby name Terisa, the name name Terrika origin, the English Thedorsha meaning and origin, the English meaning of Thedrica, the name meaning of Theoris, the name Theorysa meaning of name, the name short names for Theoyrsse, and the French and German Therese meaning.

The baby name Theresa fun facts:

The name Theresa in reverse order is "Asereht".

The numerological value of the name Theresa is number 4, which means a foundation, order, service, struggle against limits, steady growth.

How popular is Theresa?

Theresa is in the top names in USA.