Teresa

Etymology
First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.

Proper noun

 * , the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.

Related terms

 * Diminutives: Terri, Terry, Tess, Tessa, Tessy.

Translations

 * Arabic: تْيْرْيْزَا
 * Armenian: Թերեզա
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 特蕾莎, 特雷莎, 特麗薩, 特里薩, 德蕾莎
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Therese
 * Dutch: Trees
 * Esperanto: Tereza
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: Tereixa
 * Georgian: ტერეზა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Keleka, Kelekia
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: Treasa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: テレサ
 * Korean: ^테레사
 * Latvian: Terēze
 * Maori: Terehia
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Тереза
 * Roman: Tereza
 * Sicilian: Tresa
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese: Têrêsa

Usage notes
Matronymics
 * son of Teresa: Teresuson
 * daughter of Teresa: Teresudóttir

Etymology
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Etymology
. Suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.