Therese is a girl's name of German origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 85 girls in the United States.
Therese belongs to the German tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Therese first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #220 in 1927, and in 2024 85 babies received the name — 35,507 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Therese is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its German origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Therese is a girl name. In 2024, 85 babies received the name in the US.
Therese comes from the German tradition.
Therese first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #220 in 1927, and 85 babies were given the name in 2024.
Therese is pronounced /tɛˈreːs/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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