Tessa

Tessa is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Female
Confidence: High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Netherlands, Belgium
US records 1880–2017: 13 male / 47,060 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Tessa

If you do not know Tessa’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Tessa,” in English, “Guten Tag Tessa,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Tessa,

German

Guten Tag Tessa,

French

Bonjour Tessa,

Spanish

Estimado/a Tessa:

Chinese

Tessa您好：

Japanese

Tessa様

English

Hi Tessa,

German

Hi Tessa,

French

Salut Tessa,

Spanish

Hola Tessa,

Chinese

Tessa你好：

Japanese

Tessaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Tessa by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	very common	woman's name
Netherlands	uncommon	woman's name
Belgium	rare	woman's name
Great Britain	rare	woman's name
Azerbaijan	rare	woman's name
East Frisia	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

13 male · 47,060 female · 47,073 births recorded

Male ≈ 0%Female ≈ 100%

Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tessa a male or female name?

Tessa is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Tessa in an email?

Is Tessa a unisex name?

Tessa is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Tessa a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/tessa. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_tessa,
  title  = {Is Tessa a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/tessa},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}