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Meaning

The name Teresa has the following meaning:

A variant of Theresa.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Teresa is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 409 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Teresa fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 77 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 654 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Teresa in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Teresa is pronounced as teh-ree-sah

Origins

Teresa originates from the Italian language.
See other suggested Italian girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Teresa and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Teresa: Boys - Carmelo, Girls - Alda, Aldona, Aria, Bambi, Bianca, Camila, Concetta, Donita, Gabriella, Gia, Gianna, Both genders - Alma, Donna

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Teresa: Terese (Basque), Teressa, Theresa, Theressa, Thereza

Style

We think the name Teresa should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Teresa to be: Religious and Conservative

In one word, you might describe Teresa as a(n) "religious" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Teresa (or its variants) are:

Teresa Demjanovich, born on 26 March , a famous religious leader. Teresa Demjanovich's background: A United States Roman Catholic Sister of Charity. Teresa Demjanovich was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on March 26, 1901, the youngest of seven children. At an early age she ardently desired to dedicate her life to religion.

Teresa Wright, born on 27 October, a famous actress. Teresa Wright's background: An Academy Award-winning American actress. Wright was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her screen debut in The Little Foxes (1941). The following year, she was nominated again, this time for Best Actress for The Pride of the Yankees, in which she played opposite Gary Cooper as the wife of Lou Gehrig; that same year, she won Best Supporting Actress as the daughter-in-law of Greer Garson's character in Mrs. Miniver. No actor has ever duplicated her feat of receiving an Oscar nomination for each of her first three films.

Teresa Teng, born on 29 January, a famous singer. Teresa Teng's background: A legendary and influential C-pop singer from Yunlin County, Taiwan. She enjoyed immense popularity amongst all Chinese-speaking communities and in the rest of East Asia, particularly in Japan, for around 30 years. Teng was known for her folk songs and romantic ballads, which remain popular to this day. She recorded many famous songs, including 'When Will You Return?' In addition to her Mandarin repertoire, she also recorded songs in Taiwanese, Cantonese, Japanese, Indonesian and English.
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