Tessie

Tessie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “to reap; harvester”
Origin: English
Say it: TESS-ee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually a pet form of Theresa/Teresa or sometimes Esther. As a Theresa derivative, it commonly carries the inherited meaning associated with Teresa, though Theresa’s original etymology is debated.

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How popular is Tessie?

20243.3 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Tessie in 202411

Peak year1904

Total US babies since 18809,983

Tessie is steady now but far below its 1904 peak.

Names like Tessie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Tessato reap · Greek
Teresauncertain, possibly harvest · Greek
Theresauncertain, possibly harvest · Greek
Tessto harvest · Greek
Thereseuncertain, possibly summer or harvest · Greek
Tressathird · English
Tressieharvester · English
Oliviaolive tree · English

Tessie questions

What does the name Tessie mean?

Tessie means "to reap; harvester". It comes from English. Usually a pet form of Theresa/Teresa or sometimes Esther. As a Theresa derivative, it commonly carries the inherited meaning associated with Teresa, though Theresa’s original etymology is debated.

Is Tessie a boy or girl name?

Tessie is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tessie?

11 US babies were named Tessie in 2024. Its peak year was 1904.

How do you pronounce Tessie?

Tessie is usually pronounced TESS-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.