Tez

Cool and breezy, Tez is a contemporary choice, likely originating as a nickname for Terence or Terry, in the same vein as Gaz and Baz for Gary and Barry. As a stand-alone name, it made the US stats for the first time in 2025 when it was given to 6 boys.

Fitting in with the likes of Rex, Tex, Pax, and Jet, if Tez is considered a variation of Terence, it could mean either "soft" or "thresher", depending on which Latin root you follow. Alternatively, you could see it as a nickname or a derivative of Tennyson ("son of Dennis"), Taliesin ("shining brow"), Teresa ("harvest"), Cortez ("polite"), Montez ("mountains"), Theseus ("to set, place"), Laertes ("gatherer of people") and Tezcatlipoca ("smoking mirror") — or any other name with a similar sound.

Tez can additionally mean "quick" in Azerbaijani, "complexion" in Spanish, or "thesis, essay" in Turkish.

Pronounced TEHZ.