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Why is Tess/Tessa not popular?

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kmini · 15/05/2017 05:52

Just that. DH and I have been set on Tess for many years if we have a daughter (8 wks to go till Dc2). We think it's classic, strong but still feminine.

Are we missing something? I know some will say it's a dog's name or others the Two Ton Tess nn. Anything that puts you off?

Any comments appreciated.

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CaptainBrickbeard · 21/05/2017 21:20

I loved both Tess and Jude but Thomas Hardy ruined them both for me - the miserable connotations really put me off! But it's a lovely name.

seven201 · 21/05/2017 21:17

It's my dds (11 months) middle name and was my mum's name. I know of a few baby ones and have met a couple of teen Tessa's.

akorda · 21/05/2017 21:09

Gorgeous underused name. Go for it!

MrsAngelClare · 21/05/2017 13:35

(Hoping someone twigs my username)...

MrsAngelClare · 21/05/2017 13:35

I love Tess Wink

HollyBollyBooBoo · 21/05/2017 13:34

Love it and was my second choice baby name!

Carolwithane · 21/05/2017 13:29

Personally it reminds me of Tess Daly who I cannot abide

Funny how you associate certain names with specific people

JemimaPuddleDuckle · 21/05/2017 12:12

Agreed! As a previous poster said, anything can be a dog's name these days - I know of dogs named Henry, Lucy, Toby, Oscar, Millie. All lovely baby names IMO. And rhymes can be made up about most names.

To me, Tess/Tessa is an underused classic.

Floggingmolly · 21/05/2017 10:03

It is categorically not a dogs name!

FrenchMartiniTime · 21/05/2017 09:22

I would associate it more as a dogs name.

Never met a human Tess/Tessa but lots of dogs.

Chatelherault · 20/05/2017 18:50

I know a Tessa - she's lovely, as is her name.

I know of a baby Tessa too, so timeless.

Bue · 20/05/2017 05:39

I love it and wanted to use it if this baby is a DD2, but nixed by DH Sad

TroysMammy · 19/05/2017 20:33

I love the name Tessa but always remember when I was a child that overweight ladies were referred to as a two tonne Tessie

BrexitSucks · 19/05/2017 20:31

Was popular in the 1980s.

RuthB4 · 19/05/2017 20:16

I love Tessa/Tess! Would have been a strong contender for DD2 but DH didn't like it. Boo!!

Brighteyes27 · 16/05/2017 20:49

I liked it too for the same reasons as you and still think it's a nice name but I was put off as DH kept saying Tess of the D. I don't like Tessa personally it's too much like Theresa (and I picture Theresa May).

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kmini · 16/05/2017 20:48

Thanks zzzz!

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allegretto · 16/05/2017 20:42

Arrgh...autocorrect fail...reminds

allegretto · 16/05/2017 20:41

Because it Redmond the of Theresa May?

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Puddleducks123 · 16/05/2017 20:37

Met a 2 week old Tess today.

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kmini · 16/05/2017 20:23

Zzzz do you mind if I ask what part of the country you are in?

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kmini · 16/05/2017 06:31

Thank you for all your replies. Wobble slightly diminished with your replies, although I was slightly surprised that some people saw it as a nn for Tracey or akin to a Shazza/ Dazza name! I did ask though Smile

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AbernathysFringe · 15/05/2017 23:47

I find it quite butch, practical-sounding and nicknamey like Becca. But then there's the (beloved by MN) Tess Daly of course...

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