Tessa
English edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of Teresa.; Diminutive of Theresa
Proper noun edit
Tessa (plural Tessas)
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Teresa.
- 1920 The Judge, Judge Publishing Company, 1920, v.79, page 27:
- This, ladie-e-e-s and gentleme-e-n, is Tessa Kosta. Her name sounds like the title of an old-fashioned Italian Opera and she looks like her grandmother, on her father's side.
- 1920 The Judge, Judge Publishing Company, 1920, v.79, page 27:
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Proper noun edit
Tessa ?
- a female given name
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of e.g. Teresa.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tessa
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Tessa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Tessa | Tessat | ||
genitive | Tessan | Tessojen | ||
partitive | Tessaa | Tessoja | ||
illative | Tessaan | Tessoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Tessa | Tessat | ||
accusative | nom. | Tessa | Tessat | |
gen. | Tessan | |||
genitive | Tessan | Tessojen Tessainrare | ||
partitive | Tessaa | Tessoja | ||
inessive | Tessassa | Tessoissa | ||
elative | Tessasta | Tessoista | ||
illative | Tessaan | Tessoihin | ||
adessive | Tessalla | Tessoilla | ||
ablative | Tessalta | Tessoilta | ||
allative | Tessalle | Tessoille | ||
essive | Tessana | Tessoina | ||
translative | Tessaksi | Tessoiksi | ||
abessive | Tessatta | Tessoitta | ||
instructive | — | Tessoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Tessa is the 415th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 954 female individuals (and as a middle name to 77 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.