Given name
Tessy
“a harvester”
In English use, Tessy is a diminutive of Theresa. One Greek interpretation is “a harvester.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Tessy is a diminutive of Theresa. One Greek interpretation is “a harvester.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Tessy is a diminutive of Theresa. An origin associated with Theresa is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Tessy is a diminutive of Teresa. In English usage, Tessy is a diminutive of Theresa.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tessy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 199
- 0 boys · 199 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 13 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 528 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.
Tessy’s family of names
In English usage, Tessy is a diminutive of Teresa. In English usage, Tessy has a related form in Tessie. In English usage, Tessy is a diminutive of Theresa.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tessy
- Tessy Antony de NassauLuxembourgian businesswoman and non-profit executiveborn 1985
- Tessy EboseleSpanish athlete (born 2002)
- Tessy OjoNigerian chief executiveborn 1971
- Tessy IgomuNigerian journalist
- Tessy ScholtesLuxembourgian karateka and politicianborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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