Teresia
Teresia is a feminine given name, a variant of Teresa and may refer to:Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836-1914), also known as Teresia, Swedish and Norwegian princess in 1864 Teresia Muthoni Gateri, a Kenyan long-distance runner Teresia Mbaika Malokwe, a Kenyan environmentalist Teresia Constantia Phillips (1700/1703–1765), British courtesan Teresia Teaiwa (1968-2017), an I-Kiribati and…
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Teresia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Teresia is a feminine given name, a variant of Teresa and may refer to:Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836-1914), also known as Teresia, Swedish and Norwegian princess in 1864 Teresia Muthoni Gateri, a Kenyan long-distance runner Teresia Mbaika Malokwe, a Kenyan environmentalist Teresia Constantia Phillips (1700/1703–1765), British courtesan Teresia Teaiwa (1968-2017), an I-Kiribati and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Teresia
The earliest SSA record of Teresia as a baby girl name dates back to 1915, when 6 babies received it. 1956 was its biggest year on record, with 68 newborns named Teresia — #1,260 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Teresia on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Teresia last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Teresia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Teresia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Teresa
- Tessan
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About the name Teresia
Teresia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Teresia's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #1,260. Use the chart and map above to compare Teresia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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