Teresa is a girl's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 310 girls in the United States.
Teresa belongs to the French tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Teresa first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #18 in 1961, and in 2024 310 babies received the name — 415,746 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Teresa is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Teresa is a girl name. In 2024, 310 babies received the name in the US.
Teresa comes from the French tradition.
Teresa first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #18 in 1961, and 310 babies were given the name in 2024.
Teresa is pronounced /təˈɹiː.sə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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