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[Opinions] Re: Teresa / Theresa

by gigibee

9/10/2018, 7:51 AM

I was going to name my first baby Teresa had he been a girl. So it's obvious I like the name. My enthusiasm for it isn't what it used to be though.

We would have pronounced Teresa te-REE-sah. However we lived in a heavily Hispanic area of the US, 60 miles from the border with Mexico. If I'd had a girl named Teresa, she would have found her name often pronounced te-RAY-sa, which would have been a little unsettling I suppose, but no big deal.

Incidentally my son (that first baby) has said the name Teresa is "lame."

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- Tassiegirl +1

9/10/2018, 11:59 AM

One of the only people I knew named Theresa has been all her life called Bonnie. she was named for her mother, Theresa, (not Mother Theresa!), and her mother was almost always called Treese.

- gigibee

9/12/2018, 12:25 AM

There was a Treece at my high school. Until your mention, this has been the only time I've seen this name (even though spelled a bit differently).

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