Best-BabyName
Female Name

Tess

ˈtɛs
Overview

Gender

feminine

Origin

Categories

angels
Atelier characters
currently out of the US top 1000
Fortnite characters
Fringe characters
literature
Octavia E. Butler characters
one syllable
Redwall characters
Stephen King characters
Characteristics
How people perceive this name
Overall Rating
77/100
classic65%
youthful80%
informal80%
natural80%
wholesome80%
refined80%
strange65%
simple140%

Meaning & Etymology

Short form of Theresa. This is the name of the main character in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891).

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Terri

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Terrie

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Terry

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Tessa

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Tessie

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Tracee

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Tracey

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Traci

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Tracie

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Tracy

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Tressa

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Tessa

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Thera

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Trees

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Terese

Other Languages & Cultures

Tereza

Other Languages & Cultures

Teresa

Other Languages & Cultures

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