Meaning of the nameTheresa

Female
Latin origin
The-re-sa

Theresa is a spelling of the name Teresa.

Meaning

The meaning of Theresa is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 1,323
Rank in Brazil: #6,860
Median age: 70 years
2010 Census: 1,278; people

Theresa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Theresa, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born before 1940 (387 people).

1,316 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Theresa is most common

States with the highest share of people named Theresa in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	440	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	216	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	117	0.001%
Minas Gerais	84	0.000%
Paraná	63	0.001%
Espírito Santo	49	0.001%
Ceará	42	0.001%
Pernambuco	41	0.001%
Santa Catarina	36	0.001%
Bahia	29	0.000%
Piauí	24	0.001%
Goiás	21	0.000%
Paraíba	21	0.001%
Alagoas	21	0.001%
Distrito Federal	20	0.001%
Maranhão	17	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	17	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Theresa

Spelling with TH, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists among the spelling variants of Teresa, alongside Tereza and Thereza. The largest number of records is among those born before 1940.

About the name Teresa

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), gives Teresa as coming from Latin T(h)eresia, of obscure origin, sees the link with the Greek verb therizo, 'to reap', as unjustified, and prefers Therasía, the name of islands. Behind the Name says the meaning is uncertain and lists the Greek hypotheses theros, 'summer', therizo and the name of the island of Therasia. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 61,698 people named Teresa, with a median age of 63. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Other spellings of Teresa

Spelling	People (2022)
Teresa	61,698
Theresa	1,323

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Teresa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Theresa · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Teresa · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Theresa

What does the name Theresa mean?

The meaning of Theresa is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Theresa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,323 people with the first name Theresa, which ranks it number 6,860 among the country's names. The largest group was born before 1940.

Is Theresa a boy's or a girl's name?

Theresa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,316 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Theresa?

Theresa is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Theresa most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.001% of the state's population is named Theresa (216 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Theresa?

Teresa. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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