Tesa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tesa by the numbers

Tesa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 47 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Tesa

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tesa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tessaharvester; a form of Theresa1,283 in the US (2017)
  • Tessharvester; diminutive of Theresa201 in the US (2017)
  • Teagoddess; a form of Thea25 in the US (2017)
  • Terastar; a form of Tara9 in the US (2017)
  • Tresathe harvester; a form of Theresa6 in the US (2017)
  • Tesla141 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Tesa

Names that are said the same way as Tesa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Tessahharvester; a form of Tessa5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tesa

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