Tess (given name)

TessGender| Female

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Origin
Word/name| Greek
Meaning| "Harvester; to reap," "Summer," "Star"
Other names
Related names| Theresa, Therese, Tessa, Esther, Hester

Tess is a feminine given name, typically a diminutive form of Theresa or Tessa. It is occasionally a diminutive form of Esther or Hester.

## People

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* Tess Amorim (born 1994), Brazilian actress
* Tess Annique, American model
* Tess Broussard (born 1972), American model and actress
* Tess Daly (born 1969), British television presenter
* Tess Frazer, American actress
* Tess Gaerthé (born 1991), Dutch singer
* Tess Gallagher (born 1943), American writer
* Tess Gardella (1894–1950), American actress and vaudeville performer
* Tess Gerritsen (born 1953), American novelist
* Tess Harper (born 1950), American actress
* Tess Haubrich (born 1990), Australian actress
* Tess Henley (born 1987), American singer-songwriter
* Tess Holliday (born 1985), American model and blogger
* Tess Jaray (born 1937), British painter and printmaker
* Tess Joffroy (born 1994), Réunionese singer-songwriter
* Tess Kingham (born 1963), British politician and one-term Member of Parliament
* Tess Lambe, Irish vaccine development scientist
* Tess Ledeux (born 2001), French freestyle skier
* Tess Mattisson (born 1978), Swedish singer
* Tess Merkel (born 1970), Swedish singer
* Tess Oliveira (born 1987), Brazilian water polo goalkeeper
* Tess Olofsson (born 1988), Swedish football referee
* Tess Rafferty, American writer, comedian, and actress
* Tess Richey (1994–2017), Canadian murder victim
* Tess Rothschild (1915–1996), British counter-intelligence officer and magistrate
* Tess Routliffe (born 1998), Canadian Paralympic swimmer
* Tess Taylor (born 1972), American poet, academic, and CNN contributor
* Tess Wiley (born 1974), American singer-songwriter

## Fictional characters

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### Film

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* Tess Skeffington, in Murder By Death, played by Eileen Brennan
* Tess Carlisle, in Guarding Tess, played by Shirley MacLaine
* Tess Carroll, in Charlie St. Cloud, played by Amanda Crew
* Tess Coleman, in Freaky Friday, played by Jamie Lee Curtis
* Tess Durbeyfield/D'Urberville, in Tess, based on Thomas Hardy's novel, played by Nastassja Kinski
* Tess Finnegan, in Fool's Gold (2008), played by Kate Hudson
* Tess Harding, in Woman of the Year, played by Katharine Hepburn
* Tess McGill, in Working Girl, played by Melanie Griffith
* Tess Nichols, in 27 Dresses, played by Malin Åkerman
* Tess Ocean, in Ocean's Eleven (2001) and the sequel Ocean's Twelve, played by Julia Roberts
* Tess Tyler, in the television movie Camp Rock and Billboard Dad, played by Meaghan Jette Martin
* Tess Scali, in Burlesque, played by Cher

### Television

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* Tess Adamson, on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
* Tess Bateman, on the British medical drama Casualty, played by Suzanne Packer
* Teresa Bell, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
* Tess Doerner, on the American science fiction series The 4400, played by Summer Glau
* Tess Fontana, on the American series Eureka
* Tess Foster, protagonist of the Canadian sitcom Life with Boys
* Tess Harding, on the series Roswell, played by Emilie de Ravin
* Tess Silverman McLeod, on the Australian series McLeod's Daughters, played by Bridie Carter
* Tess Mercer, on the American series Smallville
* Tess O’Malley, on the Disney Channel series Raven's Home
* Tess Ramsey, on the American soap opera Port Charles, played by Kelly Monaco
* Tess Smith, an alternate personality of the character Jessica Buchanan on the American soap opera One Life to Live, played by Bree Williamson
* Tess, on the television series Touched by an Angel, played by Della Reese

### Books and comics

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* Tess Durbeyfield/D'Urberville, in the novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
* Tess Clark, in Chuck Palahniuk's novel Haunted
* Tess Trueheart, in the Dick Tracy comic strip series
* Tess Turbo, in the Bloom County comic strip

### Video games

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* Theresa "Tess" Servopoulos, in the game The Last of Us
* Tess Wintory, in the game Test Drive Unlimited 2
* Tess Everis, in the game Destiny (video game)
* Tess Greymane, in the game World of Warcraft

## See also

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* Tessa
* Tess (disambiguation)

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