Tess
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning harvester; diminutive of Theresa.
Tess by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Tess. In the US, 201 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 528 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Theresa
Like Tess, each of these traces back to Theresa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Theresato harvest, summer; the reaper219 in the US (2017)
- Terrismooth, polished; a form of Theresa43 in the US (2017)
- Terireaper or harvester; a form of Theresa12 in the US (2017)
- Tessieharvester; a diminutive of Theresa4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tresathe harvester; a form of Theresa6 in the US (2017)
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Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tess. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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