To harvest or late summer
A rare variant of Theresa, likely derived from the Greek word 'therizein', meaning to harvest, or 'theros', meaning summer. It is historically associated with the Greek island of Therasia in the Aegean Sea. This specific spelling with a double 's' was most popular in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Less common today
Theressa isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #7,122 in 1994.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
American nurse during the Spanish-American War
