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Tessa (female)

Variants:Terri (F) Tess (F) Tessy (F) Thessa (F)
Pet Name(s):Tessie (F) Tessy (F)
Pet Name for:Teresa (F) Theresa (F)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English pet name for Theresa/Teresa and has some independent use as a given name.

The 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire has a very rare occurrence of the spellings Tessy and Thessa, presumably pet names for Teresa/Theresa.
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