Girl · Spanish or Greek (uncertain)
Tereza
Say it: TEH-reh-zah
Meaning
Czech form of Teresa, of uncertain Greek or Spanish origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A Czech favourite since the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 749 babies given this name since 1929
- At its height in 1996, about 1 in 79,700 girls
- 8 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Polish | Teresa |
|---|---|
| Croatian | Terezija |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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