Theresa


Gender:
Origin: Greek
178 famous people named Theresa found on Wikipedia.
403533 female, 1217 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 1106-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 32-th in year 1956
Used in: Danish, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish

Meanings

Teresa, Theresa (/təˈriːzə/ or /təˈriːsə/), and Therese (French: Thérèse) are feminine given names. The name may be derived from the Greek verb θερίζω (therízō), meaning to harvest.
Its popularity likely increased because of the prominence of several Roman Catholic saints, including Teresa of Ávila, Thérèse of Lisieux and, most recently, Mother Teresa.
The popularity of this name in the United States over the last 15 years is falling, according to the US Census. Spelled "Theresa," it was ranked as the 852nd most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 226th in 1992 (it ranked 65th in 1950, and 102nd in 1900). Spelled "Teresa," it was the 580th most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 206th in 1992 (it ranked 81st in 1950, and 220th in 1900).

Also Teresa, fem. proper name, from French Thérèse, from Latin Therasia, apparently from Greek Therasia, name of two volcanic islands, one near Sicily, one near Crete. In the top 50 most popular names for girls born in the U.S. from 1953 to 1969.

English form of Teresa: summer, to harvest, harvester.

Famous People: 178 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Theresa May 1956 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2 Maria Theresa of Austria 1717 Ruling Archduchess of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Wife of Emperor Francis Stephen of Lorraine
3 Theresa Saldana 1954 American actress
4 Theresa Caputo 1966 Television personality
5 Theresa Russell 1957 American actress and model
6 Theresa Knorr 1946 Convicted murderer
7 Theresa Randle 1964 American actress
8 Theresa Ferrara 1952 American mobster
9 Theresa Villiers 1968 British politician
10 Theresa Wayman 1980 American musician
11 Theresa McQueen
12 Theresa Scholze 1980 German actress
13 Theresa Merritt 1924 Actress, singer
14 Theresa Vail 1990 American model
15 Theresa Donovan
16 Theresa Diaz
17 Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane
18 Theresa Hübchen 1971 German actress
19 Theresa Rebeck 1958 Writer, playwright, novelist
20 Theresa Fu 1984 Hong Kong actor, singer and model
21 Theresa Vilsmaier 1989 German actress
22 Thérésa Tallien 1773 French courtesans
23 Theresa Spence 1963 Chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation
24 Theresa Sparks 1949 American activist
25 Theresa Harris 1906 American actress
26 Theresa Duncan 1966 Video game designer, blogger, filmmaker, critic
27 Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 1951 Author
28 Theresa Berkley British prostitiute and brothel owner
29 Theresa Andersson 1971 Singer
30 Theresa Lee 1970 Actress
31 Theresa LePore American politician
32 Theresa Kufour 1937 First Lady of Ghana
33 Theresa Goh 1987 Singaporean Paralympic swimmer
34 Theresa Sokyrka 1981 Canadian singer
35 Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska 1676 Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate
36 Theresa Andrews 1962 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
37 Theresa Amayo 1933 Brazilian actress
38 Theresa Poh Lin Chan 1943 Singaporean actress
39 Theresa Grentz 1952 American basketball player-coach
40 Theresa Flores
41 Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León 1178 Queen of Leon
42 Theresa Bernstein 1890 American artist
43 Theresa Fair Oelrichs 1854 American socialite
44 Theresa Kachindamoto Paramount chief in Malawi
45 Theresa Lawson 1951 White-collar criminal
46 Theresa Kalmer 1991
47 Theresa Thomason American singer
48 Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders 1157 Portuguese countess
49 Theresa Griffin 1962 British politician
50 Theresa Park 1967 Literary agent
51 Theresa Gattung 1962 New Zealand businessman
52 Theresa Breslin 1947 Scottish children's writer
53 Theresa Oswald Canadian politician
54 Theresa Nielsen 1986 Footballer
55 Theresa Two Bulls 1956 American politician
56 Theresa Burke 1956 Canadian journalist, writer and producer
57 Theresa Bäuerlein 1980 German author
58 Theresa Panfil 1995 German association football player
59 Theresa Plaisance 1992
60 Theresa Clay 1911 British entomologist
61 Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria 1725 German princess
62 Theresa Lamebull 1896 American schoolteacher
63 Theresa Tomlinson 1946 Author of young adult and children's fiction
64 Theresa Watson English actress
65 Theresa Obermeyer 1945 American politician
66 Theresa Healey New Zealand actress
67 Theresa Thornycroft 1853 British artist
68 Theresa Elmendorf 1855 American librarian
69 Theresa Laanui 1860 Hawaiian royal
70 Theresa Lazar Springmann 1956 United States federal judge
71 Theresa Wiseman 1956 English footballer and animator
72 Theresa Schopper 1961 German politician
73 Theresa Zabell 1965 Spanish yacht racer
74 Theresa Meeker 1986 Italian-American actress and model
75 Theresa Brown American clinical nurse and author
76 Theresa Gavarone 1966
77 Theresa Fitzpatrick 1995
78 Theresa Ducharme 1945 Canadian politician
79 Theresa Ahearn 1951 Irish politician
80 Theresa Underberg 1985 German actress
81 Theresa Schwegel 1975 American writer
82 Theresa Abed American politician
83 Theresa Varela 1937 Argentinian nun
84 Theresa Michalak 1992 German swimmer
85 Theresa Williams 1956 American writer
86 Theresa Diederich 1992 American association football player
87 Theresa Arnold 1962 American boxer
88 Theresa Helburn 1887 American theatre director
89 Theresa Jordis 1949
90 Theresa Berlage 1969 German actress
91 Theresa Rose Bajt 1956 Miss Montana 1977
92 Theresa Pollack 1899 American artist (1899-2002)
93 Theresa Wiggin Fictional character in the Ender’s Game series
94 Theresa Cameron 1954 American academic
95 Theresa Stewart 1930 English Labour politician
96 Theresa A. Jones 1964 American neuroscientist
97 Theresa El-Amin American politician, labor organizer and civil rights activist
98 Theresa Sareo American singer-songwriter
99 Theresa Wobbe 1952 German historian and sociologist
100 Theresa Yelverton 1833 English woman, celebrated figure of an Irish legal case
101 Theresa Prammer 1974 Austrian actor and writer
102 Theresa Wong 1976 Cellist
103 Theresa Wolfson 1897 American economist
104 Theresa Maria Clark 1890 Postage stamp collector
105 Theresa Amato
106 Thérésa 1837 Singer
107 Theresa Makoni Member of the Cabinet of Zimbabwe
108 Theresa Johnson 1966 American writer
109 Theresa Tilly 1953 Actress
110 Theresa Needham 1912 American tavern owner
111 Theresa Kobuszewski 1920 American baseball player
112 Theresa Betz 1988 German association football player
113 Theresa Tona 1991 Papua New Guinean taekwondo practitioner
114 Theresa Doughty Tichborne 1866 Claimant in the Tichborne Case
115 Theresa Caplan 1913 American psychologist
116 Theresa Russo
117 Theresa Kugel Russian nun
118 Theresa Goell 1901 American archaeologist
119 Theresa Révay 1965 French translator and writer
120 Theresa Maria Coriolano 1620 Italian painter
121 Theresa Wolfwood Canadian activist
122 Theresa Mah
123 Theresa Garnett 1888 Suffragette
124 Theresa Breen
125 Theresa Amerley Tagoe 1943 Ghanian politician
126 Theresa Grabner 1984 Austrian singer and opera singer
127 Theresa Hornich 1991 Austrian ice hockey player
128 Theresa Luke 1967 Canadian rower
129 Theresa Mertens 1987 German voice actor
130 Theresa Uzokwe
131 Theresa McDermott British activist
132 Theresa Castro 1917 American businessman
133 Theresa DeWitt 1963 Olympic sport shooter
134 Theresa Malkiel 1874 American labor activist, suffragist, and educator
135 Theresa Fairbanks Harris 1955 American conservator
136 Theresa Geller American academic
137 Theresa Bäuml 1997
138 Thoresa Offredy 1930 Fencer
139 Theresa Gloria Mwale 1947 Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister
140 Darklady
141 Theresa Joy Canadian actress
142 Theresa Cliff-Ryan 1978 Cyclist
143 Theresa A. Singleton American archaeologist
144 Theresa Kuffour
145 Theresa Contos 1959 American handball player
146 Theresa J. Kaijage 1947 HIV researcher
147 Theresa Tingbrand 1975
148 Theresa Cairns Camogie player
149 Theresa Eichhorn 1992
150 Theresa Carpinelli American radio personality
151 Theresa Senff 1982 German cyclist
152 Theresa Kallrath 1987
153 Theresa Lödermann 1956 German politician
154 Theresa Viglione
155 Theresa Moser 1993
156 Theresa Wallach 1909 British writer
157 Theresa Anyuat Bola Minister of Social Development of Western Bahr el Ghazal
158 Theresa Manuel 1926
159 Theresa Edem
160 Theresa Hayden 1966
161 Theresa Georgen 1946 German art historian
162 Theresa Plut
163 Theresa Tova 1955
164 Theresa Riedl 1965
165 Theresa Gerber 1949 American ultramarathon runner
166 Theresa Stoll 1995
167 Theresa Weld 1893 Figure skater
168 Theresa Jessouroun
169 Theresa Tetteh 1986 Badminton player
170 Theresa Wilberg 1955 Norwegian writer and physician
171 Theresa Kulikowski 1980
172 Theresa Montefusco 1941
173 Theresa Sporer 1989
174 Theresa Marteau
175 Theresa Brick 1965
176 Theresa Irvine
177 Theresa Klein 1984
178 Theresa Klosowski