Tess

English, diminutive of Theresa

"to harvest"

Tess Origin and Meaning

Variation of Tessa

Tess Rank in US Top 1000

# 998 in the US

Tess Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 457 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Tess

• 457 Nameberry 2026
• 784 Unique 2024
• 999 England 2017
• 14 Netherlands 2025

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Famous People Named Tess

• Tessie Jean "Tess" Harper American actress
• Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly English model and TV presenter
• Tess Amber Taylor American model and reality TV personality ("Pretty Wild")
• Tess Holliday (born Ryann Maegen Hoven) American plus size model
• Tess Uriza Holthe Filipina American novelist
• Tess Slesinger American novelist and screenwriter
• Tess Gaerthe Dutch singer
• Tess Walker youngest daughter of Elle Walker, co,founder of YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
• Tess Gerritsen American novelist
• Tess Mattisson Swedish pop singer
• Tess Wiley American singer,songwriter
• Therese "Tess" Gardella American stage actress
• Tess Gallagher American author; wife of author Raymond Carver
• Tess Mallos (born Anastasia Calopades) Australian cookbook author and chef

The name Tess in Pop Culture

• Tess Durbeyfield main character in Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
• Tess Trueheart character in Dick Tracy comics
• Tessa "Tess" Gray character in Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices trilogy
• Tess Quin character in Kresley Cole's "The Arcana Chronicles"
• Tess McGill main character in film "Working Girl"
• Teresa "Tess" Bell character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
• Tess Carlisle character in 1994 film "Guarding Tess"
• Tess Carroll character in film and book "Charlie St. Cloud"
• Tess Coleman character in film "Freaky Friday"
• Tess Finnegan character in film "Fool's Gold"
• Tess Harding character in film "Woman of the Year"
• Tess Ocean character in the Ocean's Eleven film series
• Tess character in 2010 film "Burlesque"
• Tess Tyler character in film "Camp Rock"
• Tess Harding character on TV's "Roswell"
• Tess character in Lily Tomlin's sketches, sometimes called "Trudy"
• Tess character in Marie Lu's "Legend"
• Tess character on TV's "Ravenswood"
• Tess Bateman character on British TV series "Casualty"
• Tess Skinner main character in 1922 silent film "Tess of the Storm Country"
• Tess Struan character in "Tai,Pan" and "Gai,Jin" by James Clavell
• Tess Doerner character on TV's "The 4400"
• Tess character in 'Fallen In Love' by Lauren Kate
• Tess Foster main character in Canadian TV series "Life With Boys"
• Tess Nichols character in 2008 film "27 Dresses"
• Tess Harris character on British soap "Emmerdale"
• Tess Adamson character on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
• Tess Fontana character on TV's "Eureka"
• Tess Silverman McLeod character on Australian series "McLeod's Daughters"
• Tess Mercer also known as Lutessa Lena Luthor, character in DC Universe
• Tess Ramsey character on American soap opera Port Charles
• Tess Smith an alternate personality of Jessica Buchanan on American soap "One Life to Live"
• Tess character on TV's "Touched by an Angel"
• Tess Morgan character on TV's "The Flash"
• Tess character in the Jak and Daxter video game series
• Tess character in the video game The Last of Us
• Tess Wintory character in the video game Test Drive Unlimited 2
• Tess Churchmouse mouse character in the Redwall series
• Tess Clark character in Chuck Palahniuk's Haunted
• Tess Pearson character on TV's "This Is Us"
• Tess character in the Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comic book series
• Therese "Tess" Dombegh main character of Rachel Hartman's "Tess of the Road"
• Tess Tyler main character in movie "Billboard Dad"