Tess
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameGreek
Meaning"Harvester; to reap"

Tess is a feminine given name, typically a diminutive form of Theresa or Tessa.

People

Fictional characters

Film

  • 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

  • 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 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

Video games

See also

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