What can Tessie be short for instead of Teresa?

Desperately looking for a name for my baby girl who is now two weeks old. Like [name_f]Tessie[/name_f] but not a fan of [name_f]Teresa[/name_f]…any other ideas? Thanks

Maybe [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f]/Tessaly, [name_f]Quintessa[/name_f] or [name_f]Tesla[/name_f]? I’m not sure of many other elaborations with [name_f]Tess[/name_f] or Tes in them. I like [name_f]Tessa[/name_f], but I don’t think it really would need [name_f]Tessie[/name_f] as a nickname.

[name_f]Tessa[/name_f], [name_f]Tess[/name_f], [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u], [name_f]Tesla[/name_f], [name_u]Tennessee[/name_u], [name_f]Tesia[/name_f] / [name_f]Tessia[/name_f], [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f], [name_f]Thomasin[/name_f], [name_f]Tressa[/name_f].

Or maybe the first and middle name could make up the nickname [name_f]Tessie[/name_f], à la [name_u]Teal[/name_u] [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Theodora[/name_f] [name_f]Nessa[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f] [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f], [name_f]Tallulah[/name_f] Esmé, [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_f]Esperanza[/name_f], etc.

  • Tesabel
  • [name_f]Tesla[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Tessia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Quintessa[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Stesha[/name_f]

In addition to the suggestions above, I could see [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]/[name_f]Estella[/name_f], [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]/[name_f]Celestia[/name_f], [name_f]Ernesta[/name_f]/[name_f]Ernestine[/name_f] and [name_f]Hestia[/name_f] being shortened to [name_f]Tessie[/name_f].

@nooshi’s idea of combining first and middle to get [name_f]Tessie[/name_f] is fabulous. Other ideas in that vein (not sure of your style, so these are all over the place):

[name_f]Tiana[/name_f] [name_f]Bess[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamora[/name_f] [name_f]Jessalyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Tahlia[/name_f] [name_f]Esmee[/name_f]
[name_f]Tara[/name_f] [name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_u]Teagan[/name_u] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Terra[/name_f] [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]

I would use [name_f]Tessa[/name_f] or [name_f]Tess[/name_f].