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Tessa/Tess

41 replies

kmini · 16/09/2016 23:40

Thoughts please? How many do you know, where are you and how old. Loved it for ages, now trying for Dc2 and having a wobble.

Thanks

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tapismagique · 17/09/2016 21:44

My sister is called both (either?) depending on the person so I'd say if you go for Tessa there's the option of Tess but not vice versa. But I'd also say that, really, both are diminutives

PaperdollCartoon · 17/09/2016 12:36

Ive known three, currently work with a Tessa, mid-30s, went to college with a Tess, now in mid-20s, she was quite quirky but very bright, also know a 7 year old Tess.

It suited all of them, it's a nice name, one I think suits all ages as well. Go for it!

Honeybee79 · 17/09/2016 12:33

If you are wobbling on Tessa - just go with Tess. Tho I am biased, obviously!

Honeybee79 · 17/09/2016 12:32

I am a Tessa - Tess for short. Am in my 30s. Met a 4 year old Tess the other day. I very rarely meet people with my name. I was always the only Tessa/Tess in my class at school and I quite liked it that way!

junebirthdaygirl · 17/09/2016 09:35

Both are lovely. Know one Tess aged in 20s .

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kmini · 17/09/2016 09:28

Thank you for all your positive responses. I think it's definitely Tessa I am having a wobble on rather than Tess. No longer versions like Teresa or Tessalynn feel right either.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 17/09/2016 09:05

I know an older lady called Tess (Theresa).
A lady in her thirties, just Tess, and a baby Tessalina (Tess).

user1471734618 · 17/09/2016 02:09

My friend Tessa is 51 and I knew another who would be about 65.
I think it is classic and timeless.
Isn't it sometimes used as a shortening for Teresa?

GreatFuckability · 17/09/2016 02:02

Oh she'd be mid twenties now.

Joinourclub · 17/09/2016 02:01

Fab name.

GreatFuckability · 17/09/2016 02:01

I love Tessa! A friend of mine's sister at uni was Tessa.

Skippityskip · 17/09/2016 01:50

Love Tessa and Tess. I know 3, 2 in their 30s and one 10 year old. They are all lovely, smart girls and their name suits them perfectly. I often wonder why it isn't used more often.

What other names do you like?

minatiae · 17/09/2016 01:04

I like it. I only know one Tess and hers is short for Tessalynn.

DramaAlpaca · 17/09/2016 00:55

I love Tess. I know one teenager and one in her 40s.

I find Tessa more dated for some reason, so I would go for just Tess.

Sophronia · 17/09/2016 00:49

I know one Tessa who is 26

MilkAndFenty · 16/09/2016 23:49

The only one I know is my sister and it really suits her :) it's a nice less frequently used name without being too unusual. She's 23. I think my mum knew a Tessa at school and that's where it came from.