as a First Name
Of problematic origin. The name seems to have been first used in Spain and Portugal, and, according to tradition, was the name of the wife of St Paulinus of Nola, who spent most of his life in Spain; she was said to have originated (and to have derived her name) from the Greek island of Thēra. However, this story is neither factually nor etymologically confirmed.
| 125th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 433,650
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Theresa per capita
- 1961
- marked the height of its popularity
99.98%
0.02%
38%
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55+
53%
30-54
30-54
6%
13-29
13-29
3%
0-12
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