Therese

German variation of Theresa

"to reap, gather"

Therese Origin and Meaning

The name Therese is a girl's name of German origin meaning "to reap, gather".

Most religious form of this name, fading from use now.

Therese Rank in US Top 1000

# 949 in the US

Therese Popularity

• 1833 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Therese

• Saint Therese Martin of Lisieux The Little Flower of Jesus
• Saint Thérèse Couderc (born Marie Victoire), French founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle
• Therese Charlotte Luise of Saxony Hildburghausen, Queen consort of Ludwig I of Bavaria
• (Marie) Thérèse Félicité Princess of France; daughter of Louis XV
• Therese Natalie Princess of Brunswick,Wolfenbuttel,Bevern, Abbess of Gandersheim, Germany
• Therese Wilhelmine Friederike Isabelle Charlotte Princess of Nassau,Weilburg; Duchess of Oldenburg
• Therese Mathilde Amalie Duchess of Mecklenburg,Strelitz; Princess of Thurn and Taxis
• Therese (Teresia Amalia Karolina Josefina Antoinetta) Princess of Saxe,Altenburg; Duchess of Dalarna
• Therese Elssler Baroness von Barnim, Austrian dancer
• Therese Johaug Norwegian Olympic cross country skier
• (Malin) Therese Alshammar Swedish Olympic swimmer
• (Kerstin Ingrid) Therese Sjögran Swedish footballer
• Therese Neumann German mystic and stigmatic
• Thérèse Anne Coffey English MP
• Therese Giehse German actress
• Therese Grankvist Swedish singer formerly of group Drömhus
• Therese Grob Austrian paramour of composer Franz Schubert
• Therese Grünbaum Austrian operatic soprano
• Therese Huber (born Marie Therese Heyne) German philosopher and author
• Therese Lundin Swedish footballer
• Therese Malfatti Austrian musician and friend of composer Ludwig von Beethoven
• Therese Malten German dramatic soprano
• Therese Maron German painter
• Therese (Behr) Schnabel German contralto, wife of composer Artur Schnabel
• Therese (born Eva Therése) Sjölander Swedish ice hockey player
• Therese Torgersson Swedish Olympic sailor
• Therese (Thoma) Vogl German operatic soprano
• Thérèse Casgrain French Canadian feminist
• Mabel "Thérèse" Bonney American photographer
• Gabriella Therese Marie Grimaldi (b. 2014) Princess of Monaco; Countess of Carladès; daughter of Prince Albert; twin of brother Jacques Honoré Rainier

Therese in Pop Culture

• Therese Defarge character in "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) by Charles Dickens
• Therese "Terri" Sullivan character from Australian TV series "All Saints"
• Therese Belivet main character in the novel "The Price of Salt"/"Carol", by Patricia Highsmith and it's 2015 film adaptation, "Carol", played by Rooney Mara