Tess

Tess is a female first name.

Origin and variants

Tess is an independent form of the name, which is derived as a female name as a short form of Theresa.

Dissemination

The name is in particular with Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) novel Tess of the d' Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented ( social drama, 1891, dt Tess of the d' Urbervilles ) and Grace Miller White's ( 1868-1957 ) Tess of the Storm Country ( young adult novel, 1909), two classics of English literature have become, since the Belle Epoque popular in the English-speaking world as the epitome of a modern woman image. In the 1980s, he is with the Polanski film Tess ( Hardy adaptation, 1979), with Nastassja Kinski in the lead role, popular worldwide.

Name winners

First name

• Tess Gerritsen ( born 1953 ), American writer
• Tess Harper ( born 1950 ), American actress
• Tess Merkel ( Eva Margaretha Therese Merkel, born 1970 ), Swedish singer
• Tess of Piekartz (* 1992), Dutch volleyball player
• Tess Slesinger (1905-1945), American author and screenwriter
• Tess Wester ( * 1993), Dutch Women's Handball

Art figures

• Tess Carlisle, Hugh Wilson, Peter Torokvei: Guarding Tess (film, USA 1994, dt Tess and her bodyguard )
• Tess Durbeyfield, in Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d' Urbervilles (novel, 1891, in three films )
• Tess Mercer in Alfred Gough, Miles Millar: Smallville ( TV Series, USA 2008-2011)
• Tessibel, Tess ' Skinner in Grace Miller White: Tess of the Storm Country (also in four films )