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Bookmark or Share- Theresa - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and PopularityThe name Theresa is a girl's name of Spanish, Greek, Portuguese origin meaning "to harvest". The popular appeal of the strong, intelligent Saint Teresa of Avila, combined with the selfless compassion of the more recent Mother Teresa, have fused to give this second-tier classic a somewhat noble, religious image.
- Mother Teresa - Quotes, Death & Saint - BiographyMother Teresa was the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor. Considered one of the 20th Century's greatest ...
- Teresa - WikipediaTeresa (also Theresa, Therese; French: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω ( therízō ) "to harvest or reap", or from θέρος ( theros ) "summer".
- Meaning, origin and history of the name TheresaThe meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek θέρος (theros) meaning "summer", from Greek θερίζω (therizo) meaning "to harvest", or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia (the western island of Santorini). The name was mainly confined to Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages. After the 16th century it was ...
- Mother Teresa | HISTORYMother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor.
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