Tessla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TESS-la
- Origin
- Slavic
Tessla is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “adze”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tessla mean?
Slavic: spelling of Tesla; Serbian surname, from tesla 'adze'
“adze”
From the surname of the inventor Nikola Tesla; tesla is a Serbo-Croatian word for an adze, a woodworking tool.
Meaning borrowed from Tesla.
Is Tessla a girl's or a boy's name?
Tessla is a girls' name.
How popular is Tessla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Tessla in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tessla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Names like Tessla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma Luna Mila Mira Gianna Isla Bella Ava Isabella Nora Zara Ella
Names related to Tessla
More Slavic names
Milan Vera Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah Raisa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tessla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tessla, updated 20 October 2026.