Terese
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Therese.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Terese (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Terese has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 20 |
| 1999 | 23 |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,712 |
| 2000 | 1,734 |
| 2001 | 1,764 |
| 2002 | 1,787 |
| 2003 | 1,813 |
| 2004 | 1,823 |
| 2005 | 1,832 |
| 2006 | 1,837 |
| 2007 | 1,832 |
| 2008 | 1,838 |
| 2009 | 1,837 |
| 2010 | 1,832 |
| 2011 | 1,825 |
| 2012 | 1,823 |
| 2013 | 1,825 |
| 2014 | 1,821 |
| 2015 | 1,820 |
| 2016 | 1,815 |
| 2017 | 1,808 |
| 2018 | 1,796 |
| 2019 | 1,788 |
| 2020 | 1,788 |
Terese in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Terese.Hi! My name is Terese.
- Terese ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Terese called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Terese har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Terese has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Tereses mamma är lärare.Terese's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Tereses mamma is Terese's mum.
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Questions about Terese
How do you pronounce Terese in Swedish?
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What does the name Terese mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Therese.
How popular is Terese in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Terese in 2022. In 2020, 1,788 people in Sweden had Terese as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1999 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.