Theresia

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) From the Greek name Θηρεσία (Theresia) of uncertain meaning

Theories include:

a) From Greek thér = 'animal for hunting' [1]

b) From the Greek island of Thera or Therasia, which is said to be the birthplace in the 5th century of St Theresa [2] [3] [4] [5]

c) From Greek θερίζω (therizo) = 'to reap, to harvest' [3]

d) From Greek θερος (theros) = 'summer' [6]

e) From Greek θηρεύω (thereuo) = 'to hunt'

2) Latin form of the Spanish name Teresa of uncertain origin and meaning [7]

Related Names

     
Resia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Tere ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Terees ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Teres ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Teresa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Teresá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Terese ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Terése ♀ Finnish Swedish
Térèse ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Teresia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Swedish
Teresía ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Teresius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Teressa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Teressia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Theres ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Theresa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Therese ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Therése ♀ Finnish Swedish
Thérèse ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Theresia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also Tea, Tessa

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Theresia
Accusative: Theresiu
Dative: Theresiu
Genitive: Theresiu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1737 [7]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[8] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m1.png 551 3693 0 2
Denmark Denmark[9] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 56 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[10] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 10 22 0 0
Finland Finland[11] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 419 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Theresia.

Sources: [8] [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
  2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  6. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  7. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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