Teresia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa, via the German form Theresia.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Teresia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Teresia has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. 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.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 747 |
| 2000 | 753 |
| 2001 | 750 |
| 2002 | 749 |
| 2003 | 750 |
| 2004 | 758 |
| 2005 | 750 |
| 2006 | 751 |
| 2007 | 753 |
| 2008 | 758 |
| 2009 | 757 |
| 2010 | 753 |
| 2011 | 742 |
| 2012 | 734 |
| 2013 | 731 |
| 2014 | 730 |
| 2015 | 724 |
| 2016 | 716 |
| 2017 | 709 |
| 2018 | 708 |
| 2019 | 706 |
| 2020 | 704 |
Teresia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Teresia.Hi! My name is Teresia.
- Teresia har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Teresia has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Teresia kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Teresia is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Teresias mamma är lärare.Teresia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Teresias mamma is Teresia's mum.
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Questions about Teresia
How do you pronounce Teresia in Swedish?
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What does the name Teresia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa, via the German form Theresia.
How popular is Teresia in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Teresia in 2022. In 2020, 704 people in Sweden had Teresia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2000 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.