Teresa

Meaning

The old name is linked in these 19th-century sources with the idea of “carrying ears of corn,” though the OCR is a little rough and the exact derivation is not fully clear from the excerpts alone. The name appears in Italian and Spanish form as Teresa, with related forms such as Theresa and Teresina, and it became especially prominent through Saint Teresa and other Spanish royal and religious connections.

Origin

Fun fact

The excerpts note that Teresa was long associated with the Iberian Peninsula before becoming more widely known in Europe through Saint Teresa of Avila.