Teresa

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• /təˈɹiː.sə/
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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.

Probably named after the Empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780).

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تْيْرْيْزَا (tyryzā) — female given name
• Armenian: Թերեզա (Tʻereza) — female given name
• Catalan: Teresa — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 特蕾莎 (Tèlěishā) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 特雷莎 (Tèléishā) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 特麗薩 /特丽萨 (Tèlìsà) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 特里薩 (Tèlǐsà) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 德蕾莎 (Délěishā) — female given name
• Czech: Tereza — female given name
• Danish: Therese — female given name
• Dutch: Trees — female given name
• Esperanto: Tereza — female given name
• Finnish: Teresa — female given name
• French: Thérèse — female given name
• Galician: Tereixa — female given name
• Georgian: ტერეზა (ṭereza) — female given name
• German: Theresa — female given name
• German: Theresia — female given name
• Greek: Θηρεσία (Thiresía) — female given name
• Hawaiian: Keleka — female given name
• Hawaiian: Kelekia — female given name
• Hebrew: תרזה (Terizá) — female given name
• Hungarian: Teréz — female given name
• Hungarian: Terézia — female given name
• Irish: Treasa — female given name
• Italian: Teresa — female given name
• Japanese: テレサ — female given name
• Korean: 테레사 — female given name
• Latvian: Terēze — female given name
• Māori: Terehia — female given name
• Norwegian: Therese — female given name
• Polish: Teresa — female given name
• Portuguese: Teresa — female given name
• Russian: Тере́за (Teréza) — female given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Тереза — female given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Tereza — female given name
• Sicilian: Tresa — female given name
• Spanish: Teresa — female given name
• Swedish: Teresia — female given name
• Swedish: Therese — female given name
• Vietnamese: Têrêsa — female given name