Given name & surname
Tressa
“a long lock of hair”·“a harvester”
Tressa is a variant of Tress. One English interpretation is “a long lock of hair.” Tressa is a variant of Theresa. One Greek interpretation is “a harvester.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tressa is a variant of Tress. One English interpretation is “a long lock of hair.” Tressa is a variant of Theresa. One Greek interpretation is “a harvester.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tressa is a variant of Tress. An origin associated with Tress is English. Tressa 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tressa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,034
- 0 boys · 7,034 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 193 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,783 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −53%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,783 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 52.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 193 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,848 as a first name in 2020; 110 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tressa’s family of names
Tressa has a related form in Theresa. Tressa has a related form in Tress.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
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