Name meaning & stats
Teresa
Teresa means “harvester (debated)” (Ancient Greek origin). 390,810 US babies since 1940, peak 1961.
What it means
“harvester (debated)”
Ancient GreekDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 1961
390,810 US babies were named Teresa between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Teresa (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Teresa is the main spelling
- Teresa 97%
- Teressa 2%
- Terresa <1%
- Tereasa <1%
- Teresia <1%
- Terisa <1%
- Tereza <1%
- Teresea <1%
- Terressa <1%
- Terasa <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1961)