What could tessa be short for?

[Catsu]

Quite like tessa but feels a bit nick namey to me.
Is it short for anything?

Theresa or Therese.

Theresa

Theresa?

Teresa
Thomasin

I knew a girl once who was named just Tessa.

Unfortunately 'TESSA' was also the name of some savings account - Tax Exempt Special Savings Account - which I once had!

Can be short for Teresa but is just fine on its own, and its unusual enough now not to have meet another little girl with the same name in 8.4 years - have met a few old ladies and several dogs though :o

Love Tessa as it is Tessa is the English diminutive of the Greek Teresa, so it is a name in it's own right, but some more possibilities for you:

Contessa
Esther
Tessalie
Tessamine
Tessia
Tessla
Thessalia
Tristessa
Quintessa

.....some are a little 'out there'

Esther

Thanks! Not keen on Theresa but I love Esther! Dh had said no to Esther before but he is v keen on tessa so this could be good compromise :)

My friend Tessa is simply a Tessa.

Natasha?

I've only heard it as short for Teresa. Anything else would be stretching it a bit, I think.

I like Tessa on its own, lovely name.