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First used in Spain, supposedly derived from Latin Thēra, from Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā), name of a city in Santorini, Greece.

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Theresa

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Teresa.
    • 1810, Tales of real life: forming a sequel to miss Edgeworth's Tales of fashionable life, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, page 72:
      "Theresa!" exclaimed the stranger, "is your name Theresa?" asked she, a death-like paleness at the same time overspreading her countenance.
      "Is this name so frightful to you?" enquired the recluse.
      "Frightful!" rejoined the stranger, "O, no, I venerate it, like the name of a saint. I had once an unknown friend, whose name was Theresa.
    • 1976, Anne Tyler, Searching for Caleb, Berkley Books, New York, published 1983, →ISBN, page 7:
      "Theresa,", he said. "I never cared for that name."
      Justine nodded, chewing.
      "I don't like difficult names. I don't like foreignness."
      "Perhaps they're Catholic," Justine said.

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  • IPA(key): /teˈʁeːza/
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  • Hyphenation: The‧re‧sa

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Theresa

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Theresa

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