Name info: About the name Tena in particular | |
Group info: About Teresio/Theresa, the group of names with the same origin as Tena | Meaning/translation: | maybe the hunteress |
Language of origin: | Old Greek |
Info about origin, female: | origin not known for sure, maybe from Greek ther (game, animal to be hunted) and thus with a meaning hunteress |
| Therasia is the name of a small island beside Thera (today Santorin) |
| thus the name sometimes is said to mean woman from Therasia |
Words: | ther = the animal, the game (in the sense of animal for hunt) Old Greek |
Topics: | Geographic name |
Variants' top ranks: | 1:Tess Netherlands 2013, 1:Tereza Czechia 2010, 11:Teresa Poland 2012, 11:Tracy England+Wales 1964, 12:Theresa Munich 2012, 12:Terezinha Brazil 2013, 16:Tena Croatia 2022, 20:Tessa Netherlands 2001, 30:Therese Sweden 2014, 64:Terri USA 1960-1969 |
Name variants: | Resi, Tena, Teresa, Teresia, Tereza, Terezija, Terezinha, Teri, Terri, Terry, Tess, Tessa, Tessie, Tessy, Theres, Theresa, Therese, Thérèse, Theresia, Tracy, Teresio Sortable list Details |
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