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Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; ) is a feminine given name.

It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from θερίζω ( therízō) "to or reap", or from θέρος ( theros) "summer". Another origin of the name is from Latin word "Terra" which means earth. Terra mother Earth. It is first recorded in the form Therasia, the name of Therasia of Nola, an aristocrat of the 4th century. Its popularity outside of Iberia increased because of Saint Teresa of Ávila, and more recently Thérèse of Lisieux and .

In the it was ranked as the 852nd most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 226th in 1992 (it ranked 65th in 1950, and 102nd in 1900). Spelled "Teresa," it was the 580th most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 206th in 1992 (it ranked 81st in 1950, and 220th in 1900).

People
Aristocracy
  • Teresa of Portugal (disambiguation)
    • Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080–1130), mother of Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal
    • Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157–1218), daughter of Afonso Henriques and wife of Philip, Count of Flanders
    • Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1181–1250), daughter of Sancho I of Portugal and wife of Alfonso IX of León
    • Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676-1830), Electress consort of Bavaria, wife of Maximilian II Emanuel
    • Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza (1793–1874), firstborn child of John VI of Portugal
    • Teresa Lubomirska, Polish noble lady
    • Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress-consort of Brazil
    • Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli (1800–1873), the married lover of Lord Byron in Ravenna

Arts
  • (1933–2022), Spanish opera singer
  • (1931–2007), American pop and jazz singer
  • (born 1968), Spanish writer of romantic novels and historical narratives
  • (born 1948), -winning American author
  • (born 1956), Cantopop singer and actress
  • Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), Venezuelan musician
  • Teresa Cheung Siu-wai (born 1963), Canadian actress and producer
  • Teresa Cheung Tak-lan (born 1959), Hong Kong singer
  • Teresa Cheung (socialite) (born 1963), Hong Kong socialite and actress
  • , American painter
  • Teresa De Sio (born 1952), Italian folk singer-songwriter
  • , American author of fantasy novels and short stories
  • (born 1984), Hong Kong singer and actress
  • , British actress
  • Therese Grankvist (born 1977), Swedish singer
  • (1948–2002), American actress and singer
  • (1937–2019), former Chinese television and film actress
  • (1906–1985), American actress, dancer and singer
  • , British playwright
  • (born 1938), ex Yugoslav and Croatian singer
  • (born 1970), Hong Kong-born Canadian actress
  • (born 1975), Hong Kong actress
  • (born 1962), American romance novelist
  • (born 1960), Hong Kong actress
  • Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born 1956), American writer and teacher
  • (born 1986), Australian actress
  • , American actress
  • (born 1964), American actress
  • , American ballet dancer
  • (born 1957), American actress
  • (1954–2016), American actress
  • (born 1967), Portuguese singer
  • , American singer-songwriter
  • (born 1981), Canadian singer-songwriter
  • (born 1938), Canadian soprano
  • (1953–1995), Taiwanese queen of pop
  • Teresa Villaverde (born 1966), Portuguese film director
  • Lady Teresa Waugh (born 1940), British novelist and translator
  • (1918–2005), Academy Award-winning American actress
  • Teresa Żarnowerówna (1897–1949), Polish avant-garde artist

Politics
  • (1951–2000), Irish Member of Parliament
  • Theresa Berg Andersen (born 1979), Danish politician
  • Teresa Aquino-Oreta (1944–2020), Filipino politician
  • (born 1958), Italian Minister of Agriculture
  • Teresa Cheng (politician) (born 1958), Hong Kong Justice Minister
  • (born 1938), former widow of U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III; wife of Senator John Kerry
  • , American politician, former mayor of Lexington, Kentucky
  • (born 1964), Malaysian Member of Parliament
  • (born 1956), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party; UK Member of Parliament
  • (born 1980), American politician
  • (born 1955), former UK Member of Parliament
  • Teresa Reyes Sahagún (born 1963), Mexican politician
  • (born 1969), Spanish jurist, university professor and politician
  • (born 1950), Spanish politician
  • Teresa Rodríguez (born 1981), Spanish politician
  • (born 1965), American politician
  • (born 1968), UK Member of Parliament
  • (born 1949), Canadian member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
  • , American politician in Vermont

Religion
  • List of saints named Teresa
  • , Ghanaian princess declared Venerable by the Catholic Church
  • Teresa Demjanovich, American nun of the Sisters of Charity

Sports
  • (born 2000), Spanish footballer
  • Tereza Brandtlová (born 1985), Czech Paralympic archer
  • Teresa Ciepły (1937–2006), Polish sprinter
  • (born 1958), widow of racing legend Dale Earnhardt
  • (born 1964), American basketball player
  • Tereza Kmochová (born 1990), Czech alpine skier
  • (1969–2020), Portuguese athlete
  • , Mexican ten-pin bowler
  • Tereza Pištěková (born 2005), Czech ice hockey player
  • Tereza Plosová (born 2006), Czech ice hockey
  • (born 1966), Mexican swimmer
  • (born 1987), German medley swimmer
  • Teresa Ruiz (born 1974), American State Senator from New Jersey
  • Theresa Schafzahl (born 2000), Austrian ice hockey player
  • (born 1962), American racewalker
  • (born 1965), Spanish sailor

Other
  • Teresa Ciceri Castiglioni (1750–1821) Italian inventor, agronomist
  • , murder victim from New Zealand
  • Therese Crawford (died 1970), Australian murder victim
  • (1927–2017), American community organizer
  • Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg (born 1961), academic administrator and engineering professor
  • Teresa del Valle (1937–2025), Spanish anthropologist
  • Teresa Grodzińska (1899–1920), Polish wartime nurse, the first woman in the Second Polish Republic to receive Poland's highest military decoration
  • (1951–2014), Australian convicted of embezzlement
  • , American convicted murderer
  • , Filipino schoolteacher and revolutionary
  • , Argentine paleontologist
  • (1879–1958), English social worker, philanthropist and magistrate
  • Teresa Pellegrino (born 1975), Italian chemist, academic
  • Theresa A. Powell (1952–2023), academic administrator
  • Teresa Meana Suárez (born 1952), Spanish feminist activist, teacher, and philologist
  • (1956–2020), Spanish scientist
  • , Persian noblewoman, diplomat, adventuress
  • , wife of Daniel Edgar Sickles, who stood trial for killing her lover
  • (born 1950), Basque journalist
  • , British palaeographer, medievalist, and academic

Fictional characters
  • Teresa (née Di Vicenzo), Bond girl and wife of James Bond in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • , on the British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Theresa Burke, wife of main character Ethan Burke on the American TV series
  • , on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Theresa Rourke Cassidy, alter-ego of the Marvel Comics heroine
  • Teresa Chávez, protagonist and villain from the TV series Teresa
  • Theresa "Tess" Durbeyfield, title character of Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles
  • Theresa Fowler, from the animated TV series
  • Theresa “Terry” Gionoffrio, in Rosemary's baby
  • Theresa "Tessa" Gray, protagonist and main character of The Infernal Devices novel series by Cassandra Clare
  • Tessie (Teresa) Hutchinson, the only character to protest the village tradition of stoning in Shirley Jackson's
  • , one of the main characters in the drama
  • Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, a main character in the soap opera Passions
  • Theresa , in Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • , from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • , wife of Richard Sharpe in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series of historical fiction
  • Teresa Parker, long lost younger sister of from .
  • , also known as Siryn, is Banshee's daughter in
  • , from Wizards of Waverly Place
  • Theresa Spencer, girlfriend and research partner of the character from the TV series Lost
  • Mary Therese Tribbiani, 's sister in NBC sitcom
  • , from the PlayStation role-playing game Suikoden II
  • Theresa, an immortal seeress, one of the main characters in the Fable video game series
  • Teresa (Barbie), a fashion doll and 's best friend
  • Teresa Agnes, from 's book series The Maze Runner
  • Tereza, from Milan Kundera's novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • Theresa (a.k.a. The Fighter), one of the main characters from the Canadian animated series Class of the Titans
  • Teresa of Telezart, important character from the second series of the long-running space opera franchise Space Battleship Yamato
  • Teresa of the Faint Smile, in Claymore
  • Boos, known in Japan as Teresa, are ghosts from the Mario and Yoshi series of video games.
  • Teresa Mendoza, protagonist and drug cartel leader from Queen of the South
  • Theresa Keller, a new girl from the children's program Heidi (2015 TV series)
  • Theresa Servopoulos, from The Last of Us
  • Theresa Apocalypse, from Honkai Impact 3rd

See also
  • Maria Theresa (disambiguation)
  • Marie Thérèse (disambiguation)
  • Therese (disambiguation)
  • Tirzah (disambiguation)

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