Tessa

Meaning and origin of Tessa

Popularity of Tessa in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2020.
• Over recent years, Tessa has been stable (−1.1% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Tessa every 9.3 schools, all spellings combined.

Tessa in English-speaking countries

Tessa ranks 133^rd in Ontario (Canada), 184^th in British Columbia (Canada) and 199^th in Ireland, against 204^th in France.

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  133^rd girls’ name229 babies in 3 years1 girl in 675−6.9% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  184^th girls’ name54 babies in 3 years1 girl in 735

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  199^th girls’ name66 babies in 3 years1 girl in 983−2.5% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  325^th girls’ name33 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,272

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  307^th girls’ name2,978 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,623−3.8% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  357^th girls’ name10 babies in 3 years1 girl in 2,251

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  561^st girls’ name14 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,884

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  674^th girls’ name164 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,682+0.2% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Tessa, Téssa and Tëssa are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Téssa30
• Tëssa5
• Thessa (in French)35
• Tessah5
• Théssa (in French)5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Tessa

• Thelma
• Sophie
• Isaure
• Eline
• Cléo
• Cléa
• Coline
• Daphné
• Olympe
• Candice
• Cassie
• Théa

See also

• →French names of Greek origin