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Tessie

Gender
Girl
Say it
TESS-ee
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#10,913 for girls

Tessie is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Tessie mean?

Greek: pet form of Tess, from Teresa; ultimate origin uncertain

A diminutive of Tess, itself a short form of Teresa or Theresa.

Is Tessie a girl's or a boy's name?

Tessie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tessie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 60% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Tessie, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 9 in 20212025
Tessie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20230–
20220–
20219#2,846
20203#5,734
20194#4,904
20183#5,896
20171#7,682
20167#3,389
20156#3,777
20144#4,888
20130–
20121#7,881
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20053#4,976

How popular is Tessie in the US?

Rank in 2025
10,913th among girls
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Tessie, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 393 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tessie in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 393 in 19172025
Tessie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#10,913
202411#8,941
20238#11,164
20225#15,300
202112#8,459
202011#8,948
20197#12,442
201811#9,146
20177#12,709
201619#6,398
201511#9,476
201418#6,711
20139#10,995
201212#9,105
20119#11,175
201015#7,877
200919#6,808
200816#7,738
200715#8,094
200614#8,234
200514#7,886
200414#7,823
200313#7,993
200218#6,124
20019#10,095
200011#8,527
199913#7,233
199818#5,579
199719#5,224
199617#5,526
199523#4,343
199429#3,699
199331#3,501
199222#4,521
199133#3,295
199027#3,808
198923#4,115
198832#3,090
198736#2,721
198633#2,844
198539#2,483
198440#2,381
198342#2,271
198255#1,922
198161#1,809
198047#2,154
197952#1,977
197833#2,572
197755#1,832
197651#1,820
197542#2,060
197438#2,133
197365#1,458
197266#1,456
197173#1,427
197073#1,421
196963#1,480
196877#1,244
196768#1,324
196649#1,600
196564#1,379
196469#1,349
196343#1,753
196253#1,539
196157#1,480
196061#1,404
195948#1,566
195846#1,577
195748#1,549
195635#1,795
195546#1,497
195440#1,601
195327#1,972
195236#1,610
195137#1,554
195039#1,473
194945#1,375
194845#1,369
194753#1,237
194635#1,480
194537#1,311
194438#1,292
194342#1,250
194243#1,206
194140#1,184
194041#1,132
193945#1,066
193840#1,140
193743#1,085
193648#993
193570#813
193471#794
193378#745
193294#698
193176#768
1930102#679
1929132#593
1928128#622
1927149#580
1926190#506
1925191#507
1924201#492
1923235#444
1922251#415
1921293#394
1920313#370
1919357#336
1918360#343
1917393#310
1916340#330
1915292#346
1914230#346
1913187#351
1912170#351
1911136#339
1910118#363
1909100#364
1908117#327
190794#363
190688#356
190585#367
1904101#323
190368#384
190263#391
190167#368
190094#341
189966#359
189866#380
189760#374
189668#351
189561#357
189455#377
189361#343
189254#360
189157#336
189047#366
188945#358
188844#362
188732#378
188624#439
188519#484
188426#391
18839#651
188219#418
188112#491
188017#403

Names like Tessie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lottie, Elsie, Effie, Nellie, Rosie, Annie, Georgie, Winnie, Maggie, Florence, Hattie, Frankie

Names related to Tessie

Tessa, Tess, Tessah, Tessia, Tesia

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Tessie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tessie, updated 20 October 2026.