Teresa

• Theresa

First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹiː.sə/, /təˈɹiː.zə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːsə, -iːzə

Teresa

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
   • 1980, Laura Furman, The Glass House, a Novella and Stories., Viking Press, →ISBN, page 76:

     My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman.

   • 1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

     Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.

2. A municipality of Rizal, Philippines.

• Diminutives: Terri, Terry, Tess, Tessa, Tessy.

• Tracy

• teares, eaters, Eastre, asteer, saeter, reseat, teaser, Teares, aretes, steare, seater, arsete, ratees, Trease, easter, arêtes, Seater, sæter, Easter, earset, Taseer, staree

• IPA^(key): (Central) [təˈɾɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [təˈɾə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [teˈɾe.za]

Teresa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

Teresa f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Teresa: Teresuson
• daughter of Teresa: Teresudóttir

Spanish Teresa

• IPA^(key): /ˈteresɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞re̞s̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eresɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Te‧re‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key): Te‧re‧sa

Teresa

1. a female given name

• Teresa is the 407^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 980 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,669 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): [teˈʁeːza]

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• Hyphenation: Te‧re‧sa

Teresa f (genitive Teresas or Teresa)

1. a female given name, variant of Theresa

• IPA^(key): /teˈrɛ.za/, /teˈre.za/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛza, -eza
• Hyphenation: Te‧rè‧sa, Te‧ré‧sa

Teresa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

• Artese, estera, estrae, sarete, serate, tesare, teserà

Learned borrowing from Latin Teresiă.

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈrɛ.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: Te‧re‧sa

Teresa f (diminutive Tereska or Terenia)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

• Teresa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Tareja (archaic)

• Hyphenation: Te‧re‧sa

Teresa f (plural Teresas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa
   • 1943, André Luiz, Francisco Cândido Xavier, Nosso Lar:

     Judite, Iolanda e Lísias se encarregaram, respectivamente, do piano, da harpa e da cítara, ao lado de Teresa e Eloísa, que integravam o gracioso coro familiar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Unknown. Suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.

• IPA^(key): /teˈɾesa/ [t̪eˈɾe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: Te‧re‧sa

Teresa f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

• aretes
• estera

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /teˈɾesa/ [t̪ɛˈɾɛː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: Te‧re‧sa

Teresa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜐ)

1. Teresa (a municipality of Rizal, Philippines)

Teresa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜐ)

1. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Teresa

• aretes, reseta