SEARCH FOR A PERSONAL NAME Whats in a name - a survey of first names

Use * for one or more unknown letters
Use ~ before name for Soundex search
Search
Help
Search
History
Tessy (F)>

Tessy (female)

Variants:Tess (F) Tessa (F) Thessa (F)
Pet Name for:Teresa (F) Tessa (F) Theresa (F)
Can be spelt:Tessie (F)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

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

ONC gives Tessie as a pet name for Tessa and hence Tessy can be taken as a pet name for Tessa and for Teresa/Theresa.