What does Theresa mean?
Possibly a Greek place name: the first bearers of this name might have been from the Greek island of Therasia. Name of two popular Catholic saints. Saint Teresa of Avila was an astringent, intellectual mystic. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, France (19th century), who died at age 24, wrote an account of her life published as "The Story of a Soul", which so affected its readers worldwide that she became the most popular saint of modern times. Actresses Theresa Russell, Teresa Wright, Teri Garr, Teri Hatcher; humanitarian Mother Teresa; basketball player Theresa Edwards.
Theresa▼ has 46 variants: Resi, Rezi, Rezka, Taresa, Tera▼, Terasa, Teresa▼, Terese▼, Teresia, Teresina, Teresita, Teressa▼, Tereza, Terezinha, Terezsa, Teri▼, Terresa, Terresa, Terresia, Terri▼, Terrosina, Terry▼, Terrya, Tersa, Tersina, Tersita, Terza, Tess▼, Tessa▲, Tessey, Tessi, Tessie▼, Tessy, Therese▼, Theresina, Theresita, Theressa, Tracey▼, Tracie▼, Tracy▼, Treesa, Tresa, Trescha, Tressa▼, Treza and Zita.
Theresa▼ has 26 more relations via Teresa, Teri: Techa, Terasina, Terasita, Terea, Terecena, Teree, Tereigh, Tereska, Teresse, Terez, Terezia, Terezilya, Terezita, Terie, Terosina, Terree, Terreigh, Terrey, Terrie▼, Terrye, Tersia, Terushka, Teruska, Tesa, Tesia and Teskia.Kreatif forms: Therema, Therera, Thereta. [more]
How popular is Theresa?
Theresa is a very prominent first name for females (#72 out of 4276, Top 2%) and a slightly less prominent surname for both adults and children (#118954 out of 150436, Top 79%). (2000 U.S. Census)
Presented below is the birth name popularity of Theresa for girls. Theresa reached its highest rank of #41 in the U.S. during 1950-1959, but is not in the list currently. (Top 1000 Birth Names Statistics, 2014)
Below is a graphed comparison of the popularity of Theresa and affiliated names. Autumn (#71 2 years ago), Tessa (#221), Teresa (#719), Therese, Tracey, Tracy, Zita, Tressa, Tresa, Tessie, Tracie, Tess, Teresita, Terese, Tera, Teressa, Teri, Terrie, Terri and Terry are the prominent alternative forms of Theresa. Other variants, like Tersia, are seldom used. These relations of Theresa were favored as birth names during the years 1960-1969 (average #559) and are somewhat less common today (#905, down 78.5%). Autumn has been the most well-known version, while Tessa has gained in usage over time, and Tess is now somewhat dated. (Top 1000 Birth Names Statistics, 2014)