Message: "Teresa or Theresa?"

Teresa or Theresa?

by erb816

6/20/2019, 11:27 AM

I posed a poll question about this, but the results are so close, and with a lot of votes! Theresa so far has only one more vote than Teresa, which is barely a majority. So I decided to ask here:

Of the two spellings, which is your favorite form of Teresa / Theresa? Why?

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- KT (guest)

6/22/2019, 5:43 PM

Teresa. I dont like the additional unneccessary h

- A (guest)

6/21/2019, 2:20 PM

Teress. The h is a needless extra letter.

- ceruleanskylark

6/21/2019, 8:24 AM

Theresa because I love the way the Th looks rather than Te. I also have a very good association with the name Theresa.

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

6/21/2019, 6:59 AM

Teresa because it looks cleaner so to speak but I really don’t care much for either.

- Nia (2angelgoats)

6/21/2019, 6:27 AM

I'm not sure. Theresa is more recognizable but maybe Teresa is prettier? If using it, probably Theresa.

It's interesting that people are saying Teresa is te-ree-sa and Theresa is te-ray-za. I like both, but the only pronunciation I've ever been familiar with is te-ree-za.

- ari.

6/21/2019, 4:07 AM

Teresa - it's the form used in Poland, and I'm Polish. I also think it looks much lighter and more youthful than Theresa.

- Theodora'sMommy (Nemesis0408)

6/20/2019, 4:10 PM

Theresa

- gigibee

6/20/2019, 3:25 PM

I prefer Teresa because it's simpler and has less potential for mispronunciation and misspelling.

I was going to name my first son Teresa had he been a girl, with the pronunciation teh-REE-sa. I'm glad this naver came about because I would not have liked hearing it said teh-RAY-sa or teh-RAY-za.

- JemimahGertrude

6/20/2019, 3:15 PM

In my experience: Teresa is pronounced Tuh-ree-za or Tuh-ree-sa & Theresa is pronounced Tuh-ray-za or Tuh-ray-sa.
I prefer Theresa with the S sound.

- Piccadilly

6/20/2019, 2:06 PM

Theresa

Teresa looks incomplete to me.

- queenv

6/20/2019, 11:49 AM

I prefer Theresa because I think it looks prettier. Pretty much it.

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