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Tessa
Tessa: Popularity
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200th+ most popular girls name in the UK
Unrecorded number of
births in 2008
User rating:
( 4 from 19 votes )
Additional information about the name Tessa:
Tessa is used as a name in its own right sometimes, but comes from a pet form of the feminine name Teresa which is of Greek origin. It may have originated as a name for inhabitants of the Greek island Therasia, however it has since acquired the meaning of ‘Summertime’. Mother Theresa was a Christian missionary who founded an order of nuns and in her lifetime was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
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