US Popularity Rank: 3106

Origin: Greek

Meaning: To harvest

Theresa, as a girl's name, is of Greek origin, most commonly meaning "to harvest" The first bearers of this name might have been from the Greek island of Therasia. Saint Teresa of Avila was an astringent, intellectual mystic. Saint Therese of Lisieux, France, who died at age 24, wrote an account of her life published as The Story of a Soul, which affected its readers worldwide that she became the most popular saint of modern times.