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

It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. 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 Mother Teresa.

In the United States 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).

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

Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza (1793–1874), firstborn child of John VI of Portugal

Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Electress consort of Bavaria, wife of Maximilian II Emanuel

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

Teresa Berganza (1933–2022), Spanish opera singer

Teresa Brewer (1931–2007), American pop and jazz singer

Teresa Cameselle (born 1968), Spanish writer of romantic novels and historical narratives

Teresa Carpenter (born 1948), Pulitzer Prize-winning American author

Teresa Carpio (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

Theresa Chromati, American painter

Teresa De Sio (born 1952), Italian folk singer-songwriter

Teresa Edgerton, American author of fantasy novels and short stories

Theresa Fu (born 1984), Hong Kong singer and actress

Teresa Gallagher, British actress

Therese Grankvist (born 1977), Swedish singer

Teresa Graves (1948–2002), American actress and singer

Teresa Ha (1937–2019), former Chinese television and film actress

Theresa Harris (1906–1985), American actress, dancer and singer

Theresa Ikoko, British playwright

Tereza Kesovija (born 1938), ex Yugoslav and Croatian singer

Theresa Lee (born 1970), Hong Kong-born Canadian actress

Teresa Mak (born 1975), Hong Kong actress

Teresa Medeiros (born 1962), American romance novelist

Teresa Mo (born 1960), Hong Kong actress

Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born 1956), American writer and teacher

Teresa Palmer (born 1986), Australian actress

Teresa Parente, American actress

Theresa Randle (born 1964), American actress

Teresa Reichlen, American ballet dancer

Theresa Russell (born 1957), American actress

Theresa Saldana (1954–2016), American actress

Teresa Salgueiro (born 1967), Portuguese singer

Theresa Sareo, American singer-songwriter

Theresa Sokyrka (born 1981), Canadian singer-songwriter

Teresa Stratas (born 1938), Canadian soprano

Teresa Teng (1953–1995), Taiwanese queen of pop

Teresa Vila (1931–2009), Uruguayan visual artist

Teresa Villaverde (born 1966), Portuguese film director

Lady Teresa Waugh (born 1940), British novelist and translator

Teresa Wright (1918–2005), Academy Award-winning American actress

Teresa Żarnowerówna (1897–1949), Polish avant-garde artist

Politics

Theresa Ahearn (1951–2000), Irish Member of Parliament

Theresa Berg Andersen (born 1979), Danish politician

Teresa Aquino-Oreta (1944–2020), Filipino politician

Teresa Bellanova (born 1958), Italian Minister of Agriculture

Teresa Cheng (politician) (born 1958), Hong Kong Justice Minister

Teresa Chipia, Angolan politician

Teresa Heinz (born 1938), former widow of U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III; wife of Senator John Kerry

Teresa Isaac, American politician, former mayor of Lexington, Kentucky

Teresa Kok (born 1964), Malaysian Member of Parliament

Theresa May (born 1956), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party; UK Member of Parliament

Teresa Mosqueda (born 1980), American politician

Teresa Pearce (born 1955), former UK Member of Parliament

Teresa Reyes Sahagún (born 1963), Mexican politician

Teresa Ribera (born 1969), Spanish jurist, university professor and politician

Teresa Riera (born 1950), Spanish politician

Teresa Rodríguez (born 1981), Spanish politician

Theresa Stroffolino (died 1976), American politician

Teresa Tomlinson (born 1965), American politician

Theresa Villiers (born 1968), UK Member of Parliament

Teresa Wat (born 1949), Canadian member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Theresa Wood, American politician in Vermont

List of saints named Teresa

Teresa Chikaba, Ghanaian princess declared Venerable by the Catholic Church

Teresa Demjanovich, American nun of the Sisters of Charity

Sports

Teresa Abelleira (born 2000), Spanish footballer

Tereza Brandtlová (born 1985), Czech Paralympic archer

Teresa Ciepły (1937–2006), Polish sprinter

Teresa Earnhardt (born 1958), widow of racing legend Dale Earnhardt

Teresa Edwards (born 1964), American basketball player

Tereza Kmochová (born 1990), Czech alpine skier

Teresa Machado (1969–2020), Portuguese athlete

Teresa Piccini, Mexican ten-pin bowler

Tereza Pištěková (born 2005), Czech ice hockey player

Tereza Plosová (born 2006), Czech ice hockey

Teresa Rivera (born 1966), Mexican swimmer

Teresa Rohmann (born 1987), German medley swimmer

Teresa Ruiz (born 1974), American State Senator from New Jersey

Theresa Schafzahl (born 2000), Austrian ice hockey player

Teresa Vaill (born 1962), American racewalker

Theresa Zabell (born 1965), Spanish sailor

Other

Teresa Acosta (1777–1851), Spanish bank founder

Teresa Adams (1869–1947), American civil rights activist and suffragist.

Teresa Ciceri Castiglioni (1750–1821), Italian inventor, agronomist

Teresa Cormack, murder victim from New Zealand

Therese Crawford (died 1970), Australian murder victim

Teresa "Terri" Cruz (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 Virtuti Militari

Teresa de Lauretis (1938–2026), Italian academic, feminist and author

Theresa Lawson (1951–2014), Australian convicted of embezzlement

Teresa Lewis, American convicted murderer

Teresa Magbanua, Filipino schoolteacher and revolutionary

Teresa Manera, Argentine paleontologist

Teresa Merz (1879–1958), English social worker, philanthropist and magistrate

Teresa Pellegrino (born 1975), Italian chemist, academic

Theresa A. Powell (1952–2023), academic administrator

Teresa Rodrigo (1956–2020), Spanish scientist

Teresa Romero (born 1958), Mexican and American labor union leader

Teresa Sampsonia, Persian noblewoman, diplomat, adventuress

Teresa Sickles, wife of Daniel Edgar Sickles, who stood trial for killing her lover

Teresa Meana Suárez (born 1952), Spanish feminist activist, teacher, and philologist

Teresa Toda (born 1950), Basque journalist

Teresa Webber, British palaeographer, medievalist, and academic

Fictional characters

Teresa Tracy Bond (née Di Vicenzo), Bond girl and wife of James Bond in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Teresa Bryant, on the British soap opera Coronation Street

Theresa Burke, wife of main character Ethan Burke on the American TV series Wayward Pines

Teresa Cammeniti, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours

Theresa Rourke Cassidy, alter-ego of the Marvel Comics heroine…