Given name
Taresa
Taresa is a feminine given name from Old Leonese. It is used in Asturian and Old Leonese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taresa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 432
- 0 boys · 432 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 456 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Taresa’s family of names
In Old Leonese usage, Taresa shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Teresa. In Old Leonese usage, Taresa has a related form in TAREYSA. In Old Leonese usage, Taresa has a related form in THARESA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Taresa has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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