Tereza
Teresa is a feminine given name.
- Czech
- Slovak
- Bulgarian
- Croatian
Meaning & Origin of Tereza
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Teresa is a feminine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Czech
- Slovak
- Bulgarian
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Portuguese
- Romanian
The Story of Tereza
The earliest SSA record of Tereza as a baby girl name dates back to 1929, when 5 babies received it. 1996 was its biggest year on record, with 22 newborns named Tereza — #4,583 in the national rankings. Tereza last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 14 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 790 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Tereza
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tereza. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Tereza
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About the name Tereza
Tereza is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1929 and has accumulated 790 births in the dataset. Tereza's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #4,583. Use the chart and map above to compare Tereza'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.