Name: Theresa
Gender: Female
Usage: Theresa is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Theresa are in general originating from Austria, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Theresa across the world, see Teresa.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Theresa is: Harvester.
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Numerology of the first name Theresa: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 4. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: traditional, organized, self-disciplined, steady, logical, practical, helpful, reliable.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Practical, Dependable
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Theresa is ranked on the 370th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1771600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.025% of the population. The name Theresa has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Theresa for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Theresa is 15 October.
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History and Origin
English: of problematic origin. The name seems to have been first used in Spain and Portugal, and, according to tradition, was the name of the wife of St Paulinus of Nola, who spent most of his life in Spain; she was said to have originated (and to have derived her name) from the Greek island of Thēra. However, this theory is neither factually nor etymologically reliable.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Treasa. French: Thérèse (also sometimes used in the English-speaking world in honour of St Thérèse of Lisieux, Marie Françoise Thérèse Martin, 1873–97). Spanish, Italian: Teresa. German: Theresia (much used in the combination Maria Theresia in families claiming connection with the royal Habsburg line; also occasionally used in the English-speaking world).
Short form: Spanish: Tere.
Pet forms: English: Terri; Tessa, Tess. Spanish: Teresita, Tete. German: Resi, Reserl, Resli.
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