Teresa, Tessa, or Tess

[mvalentina]

Full name is Teresa.
Wondering what we should call her.

Teresa
Tessa
Tess

Thanks :)

I love Tessa.

I think Tess is really cute. Though I also really like Tessa. Not a fan of Teresa really though sounds rather serious

Tess

I don't like Teresa either but it's a family name and unfortunately I don't have a choice. Full name is Maria Teresa Valentina.

Tess. It's lovely.

Tess is lovely.

I know a Teresa who was shortened to 'Tre', which I liked. Valentina is soooo beautiful!

Tess is one of my all time faves.

Teri

Tessa and Tess for short.

Tessa no Tess. Lovely name

Teresa is lovely, don't be afraid to use the whole thing.

Tess.

Tess is a lovely name, I think it's a strong name for a girl.

I don't get why you would shorten Teresa to Tessa. Tess maybe.
I think of Tess as a name in it's own right but it works as short for Teresa. Not keen on Treesa.

Thank you so much for all of the comments :)

I thought about using the full Teresa, but we prounounce the name as (teh-REH-sah) in Portugal and I would feel awkward if I had to correct someone who calls her (tuh-REE-zuh)...which would probably happen a lot. So I thought we could call her a nickname.

Her full name is Maria Teresa Valentina. We can't call her Valentina (or variations) because that is my name and that would be confusing.

I want her to have a nickname that is
recognizable and easy to say in most languages,
simple but not common,
and more traditional than modern.

I narrowed it down to Tessa and Tess. I also like Mia but it's a fairly common name these days.

Using both Tess and Tessa interchangeably for the same person isn’t unusual.

Tess

Why don’t you just call her Maria (not Mia)?

Maria is a beautiful name.

And if you must use a nickname, what about Ria?

Mia is totally overused.

❤️ Tess.