Theresa
Fewer than a hundred people in Poland carry it, about 93 in all, so most Poles have never met one. The name is Greek at root, tied to summer and the harvest.
Theresa Pronunciation
What Theresa means
Where Theresa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Theresa begins in Greek. Word historians connect it to "theros," meaning summer, and to the verb "therizein," to reap. The short meaning that follows is plain: summer, or to harvest.
The name grew up in German and English use. Maria Theresa of Austria ruled the Habsburg lands from 1740, and she made the German form a fixture of European courts. Later, Mother Teresa gave the English spelling a global reach. No standard diminutive travels with it in the records given here. Theresa stands on its own.
On a Polish class register, Theresa sits beside Teresa, its more familiar neighbour. The name keeps no imieniny wholly its own, so it borrows the days marked for Teresa. What holds steady is "theros," the Greek word for summer.
How many people are named Theresa
1 in 242407 women in Poland is named Theresa. 93 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3622 among female names.
Theresa's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Theresa as a middle name
Theresa is a first name for 93 women in Poland and a middle name for another 206, a 31/69 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 468th, between Mila (206) and Inka (204).
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#466 Ksawera206
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#467 Mila206
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#468 Theresa206
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#469 Inka204
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#470 Jasmin204