Girl
Tessa
Rooted in Greek, Tessa is a girl's name that means "Possibly to harvest; or from the Greek island Thera". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 2007.
EtymologyShort for Theresa
GreekPossibly "to harvest"; or from the Greek island Thera
Births by decade
1900s
10
1910s
23
1920s
37
1930s
11
1940s
183
1950s
164
1960s
866
1970s
2,967
1980s
6,326
1990s
12,040
2000s
13,172
2010s
11,243
Peaked in the 2000s · 47,042 total U.S. births since 1900