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Tess is classically short for Tessa which is short for Therese, Theresa, Teresa. I'm not that keen on the full originals but I really like Tessa and Tess. I would opt for Tessa on the birth certificate. As PP suggested it could also be Contessa and also Quintessa. Edited by Gudrun, 01 August 2010 - 11:48 PM.
Tessa is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Te-ssa. In the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 221 in baby name popularity for girls with 1510 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name.View the Tessa Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Tessa has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Tessa to other names. Tessa is a diminutive (nickname) of Theresa. Tessa has the diminutives (nicknames) Tess, Tessie.Tessa falls into the season name category.iew the Tessa Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Tessa has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Tessa to other names. Tessa is a diminutive (nickname) of Theresa.