Teresa

Where Teresa comes from

First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.
— Wiktionary's entry for Teresa
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1515
    Teresa of Ávila born
    Roman Catholic saint
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #215 among girls — 50 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1953
    Teresa Teng born
    Taiwanese ROC singer
  4. 1961
    Peak, #18
    18,909 babies named Teresa — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #34.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
Namesakes
  • Teresa of Ávila · Roman Catholic saint, 1515–1582
  • Teresa Teng · Taiwanese ROC singer, 1953–1995
  • Teresa Wright · American actress, 1918–2005
  • Teresa Palmer · Australian actress, model, writer and producer, born 1986
  • Teresa Ribera · Spanish politician, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.