Name meaning & stats
Tess
Tess means “harvester (debated)” (Ancient Greek origin). 14,323 US babies since 1940, peak 1992.
What it means
“harvester (debated)”
Ancient GreekPet form of Teresa
In US birth records
Peak year: 1992
14,323 US babies were named Tess between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Tess (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1992)