Tessa
Tessa is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Harvester.
What Tessa means
Harvester.
Tessa sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Tessa comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Tessa is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Tessa?
In the girl name rankings we track, Tessa falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Tessa
Tessa sits in our the natural world group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Nature
Names like Tessa
These share Tessa's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Thalia — To flourish, to bloom.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
- Anthea — Flower; blossom.
- Azalea — The azalea flower.
- Cassia — Cinnamon; a sweet spice.
- Echo — Reflected sound; a mountain nymph.
- Emerald — The green gemstone.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Philippa — Lover of horses.