Tessa

Proper noun

 * 1) * 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.
 * 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.

Etymology
Diminutive of e.g..