Given name & surname
Tresa
“a harvester”
Tresa is a variant of Theresa. One Greek interpretation is “a harvester.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tresa is a variant of Theresa. One Greek interpretation is “a harvester.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tresa is a variant of Theresa. An origin associated with Theresa is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tresa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,849
- 0 boys · 4,849 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 206 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 206 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,792 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tresa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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