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I think it's nauseatingly cutesy. Can you truly picture Supreme Court Justice Tessy Carson? President Tessy Robertson? Sorry.

I find Tessy Samantha very hard to say without spitting. Maybe something less Ss-sy in the middle. I really like Dot's suggestions: Tessy Florence, Tessy Margaret & Tessy Josephine.

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Creepy assocation:
My Great Auntie May had her sister in law living with her when I was a small girl; Tessie. Creepy old lady, always bedridden, had that low, gravelly voice that you hear in horror flicks. She scared the bejeezus out of me before I turned 5. Not a pleasant assocation for me, so Tessie/Tessy is right out.

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I do think it would be a cute nickname for a tiny Theresa/Therese/Teresa. And Tess works beautifully on an adult too. Theresa Florence, Theresa Margaret, Theresa Josephine would thrill me to no end! :D

I think Tessy is cute and because I love both Tess and Tessa, I think Tessy is gorgeous too.

Not a fan of Tessy, but I like Tessa or just Tess.

For some reason, my mouth won't do Tessy Samantha- I trip over it or come out saying Tessy Samanthy (which is quire easy to say). Part of the problem is that all those 's'es run together.

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I think it needs a firmer middle name. Tessy Samantha is just very cutesy. Maybe Tessy Margaret, Tessy Florence, Tessy Josephine, Tessy Henrietta, Tessy Dorothea, Tessy Norma?

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I would really rather see Tessy as a nn myself. If not for Theresa, then even for Tess.

It's cute but I prefer Tessa.

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-Kitty

Interestingly enough, I had a great-aunt named Aunt Tessy. This was not her given name. My grandfather gave her the nickname (he nicknamed all his in-laws) and it just stuck. Everyone knew her by Tessy and not her real name which was Clarissa. So for me, Tessy is a very tender and loved name in our family.

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Honestly, I would not pair it with Samantha. For some reason it does not make sense to me and does not flow, IMO. Like I have said before, am not good with pairing mn with fn (have always left that up to my husband)... but IMO, I would think that a one syllable strong mn would go better than Samantha.

I like it and as she got older she could easily go as Tessa if she really wanted. I'm a fan of Samantha and i think Tessy Samantha sounds great :-)

I love Tess, but Tessy just seems so babyish. Tessy Samantha is a cute combo; it sounds like a character out of a book.

I don't like it. It sounds too frilly for my personal taste and too nickname-y to stand alone.

I think it's too nicknamey and cutesy as a full name. I'd only use it as a nickname to be honest. What about Tessa?

I admire Tessy/Tessie as a nickname.

Tessy Bear, from Enid Blyton's Noddy stories, is what first comes to mind. I think it has a nice sound, but is a bit too cutesy as a stand alone.

It is bright and happy!
I don't loathe Samantha anymore, I used to think it was fat and lame, but now I like it as - okay it is a bit rebellious, but since it's the "el" that means God in hebrew names Samantha is like Samuel but with Antha instead of El, it is a bit like - it reminds me of Shelley's sinful Ode to the West Wind, in which slyly replaces traditional religion with images of Spring and Wind. "name of Flower" or "Flower has heard."

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For some reason Thessy prn Tessy is appealing to me. ???

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Tessy's cute but a bit too cutesy for me. Of course all nicknames are too cutesy for me as full names, so there you go. Tessy Samantha is lovely.

On a scrabble site I play at regularly

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This is an incredibly crazy young female named Tessie. Beyond crazy. She's been there for years under various different names....and now I can't help but picture here with the name. It belongs to an incredible nut-case stalker with no sense of boundaries.

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It's unfortunate. Tessy is cute, and I think in today's society it could work really well. Tessy Samantha is a bit too cutesy-ootesey for me, though. Tessy needs something more...grounded. Tessy Katarina?

DDD:

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I immediately think of Tessie in Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery," and anyone who's read that will know why it makes me go woefaced. DDD:

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Tessy Samantha has a fine sound--my inner seven year old, who looooved Samantha, approves--but I really can't get over the association.

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I prefer the spelling Tessie, personally. Probably due to the fact that I am a diehard Red Sox fan. Anyway...
Tessy Samantha is a cute combo. However; I do think Tessy on its own is a bit childish. But then, she could always just use Tess when she got older.