Name meaning & stats
Tessa
Tessa means “harvester (debated)” (Ancient Greek origin). 55,827 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.
What it means
“harvester (debated)”
Ancient GreekPet form of Teresa
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
55,827 US babies were named Tessa between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Tessa (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 95% of the family
- Tessa 95%
- Tesa 2%
- Tesia 2%
- Tessia 1%
- Tessah <1%
- Tecia <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)