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Well, I don't like Teresa because I know a mean person with that name... I think Theresa is alright though (it's my mom's name, and I think it looks more old-fashioned than Teresa.) My mom goes by Terri, and the other ones I know just go by Teresa. I've never met any who go by Tess, although I like that nn.

I've just never been able to warm to it. There's something about the look of both Teresa and Theresa that is really off-putting to me and I can't pin it. Plus, I was bullied by a girl named Theresa who went by Tessi/Tess, so those can't really redeem it for me. It's just one of those names I don't think I'll ever like.

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Plus, it does seem a little more middle-aged than Beatrice/Alice/Margaret. But I like names like Pamela and Linda, so I don't know that that puts me off it any.

I don't mind Teresa, it's just not a name I love. I actually prefer Tessa. It's a fine name though and I actually prefer it over Margaret and Beatrice, which I'm not at all into.

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This message was edited 4/25/2010, 8:52 PM

I'm a Teresa in my late twenties. I've met few people with my name and I've always loved it. I'm not Catholic, so it doesn't have that association to me. Not one person in my life has ever called me Terry (or even asked if I go by Terry). I, too, have wondered why it doesn't get more love.

I'm not really into any of those except Margaret, and even then I prefer more than half of its variants. The majority doesn't mean the entirety.

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I dislike Teresa and Alice equally. I'm indifferent to Beatrice.

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I used to know a Teresa and I always thought it was an interesting name, but it's just not my style.

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I am a fan of Teresa. I have begun to appreciate it more recently after doing some family tree research - it was my great-grandmother's name and also a great-aunt's. I like Tess a lot and Tessa and love Theresia. The Irish for Teresa is Treasa which is OK but nothing special.

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Mary Teresa was a common name for woman here 40+ years ago - a lot of them go by Mary T. which I find pretty ugly.

I love it, but I am not particularly fond of the English pronunciation.

Teresa for me carries the possibility of the dreaded Terry / Terri, which I find prohibitive and incurably ugly.

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Teresa/Theresa never ended up as my favorites but I love the little extra bump it gets with Theresia. For me that is what takes it from being a 1950's sort of companion to Sharon and Deborah to something more complex and regal.

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One of my sort of 'top ten' combos is Theodora Theresia.

I love it.

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I prefer Theresa, though. It's a good, solid name. My husband doesn't like it, though - he prefers Therese. Both of them are great with me.

I love the name Teresa, and personally, I am too getting just a tiny bit tired of how much people love Beatrice, Alice, and Margaret on this board (even if all three of those are a bit nice). The only thing wrong with it is the way it sounds.

This message was edited 4/25/2010, 4:08 PM

I think in addition to it being dated more like Barbara than Beatrice, there's really just something about T names that's sort of inaccessible. I don't fully understand why people don't like it either, and I tried for a long time at the beginning of my namenerd career to pretend to myself that I liked it, but I just don't. I hope one day it will click into place for me and I'll start liking it. There are neat things about it, it's like the swish of a skirt, the rebel in me likes the catholic feel, I like the way the E makes an ee sound when it really ought to be making an ehh sound. I dunno. We'll see. I can't even get into lush Therese or heavy Theresa.

I just don't care for the way it sounds. I want to love it because I'd use it to honour my mother-in-law: Theresa. I prefer the Teresa spelling and the spanish pronounciation...but still doesn't do enough for me.

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BTW I don't dig Beatrice, either. Alice and Margaret are okay. I'd take a Mabel, Edith or Opal though.

I like Teresa a lot (especially the nns Tess and Tessa) and prefer it to the names you've listed (though I really do like some of the nns for Margaret). Also, I just really admire the late Mother Teresa,

But it isn't retro in the same way as the others

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Okay, maybe it is in the same category as Margaret but Teresa was pretty popular in the mid-20th century so I personally know quite a few middle aged Teresa/Theresa/Therese's so for me anyway it doesn't feel as "new" and charming as Beatrice for example.

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I don't like Teresa at all, I don't think the sound is appealing at all but you're right, it does check all the boxes so I wouldn't mind seeing it used at all. I do love Tessa and Tess though.

I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. It seems to be a very Catholic name, though that may just be reflection of where I grew up. I'm just pretty neutral about it. I do like Tess quite a bit.

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I'm sure there are some people around here who like Theresa. And I agree one thousand percent that it's much better than Beatrice, Alice, and Margaret. Especially Beatrice *gag*.

I know three Teresas (well, one is Theresa) and only one of them is a positive association, so it kind of taints the name for me a bit. I do like Tess and Tessa, though.

I love Teresa, it's on my maybe list for a future daughter. I also like Tessa as a nickname.
And yeah, I've noticed that it's not very liked on the board.

I can't stand the name Teresa mostly due to a bad association. Whenever I hear it now, it just sounds so whiny to me.