Tessa is a diminutive of Theresa.

Tessa name meanings. Meanings and history of the name Tessa Although Tessa CAN be a nickname for Theresa and is often mistakenly tagged as principally a variant much like Rose CAN be a nickname for the non-related name Rosamund it has a separate etymology as a descendant of the Greek word for four. Theresa in turn is a name of uncertain etymology. What does Tessa mean.

The Given Name Tessa. The name Tessa is an English baby name. Fourth child While many Greek names have desirable meanings like Athena which means wise the creators of Tessa took a more literal approach.

A shortened form of Theresa Tessa is a Greek name meaning harvest. It is of a Greek or English origin and is interpreted to mean. It means that it is relatively medium-length compared to the other names in our database.

Abbreviation of Teresa meaning harvester. Tessa is generally used as a girls name. With its solid Thomas Hardy background Tess has a lot more substance strength and style than most single-syllable names with an efficient yet relaxed image.

See Theresa for further details. Also possibly Greek fourth child. Thomas Hardys wrote a famous novel Tess of the dUbervilles.

Tessa De Loopen name of Johanna Martina Tineke Duyvené de Wit Dutch novelist. It is thought to come from the Greek therizein meaning to harvest harvester. The name Tessa is the name of a girl of Greek origin meaning to reap to gather.