Tessa

Tessa is a feminine given name, sometimes a shortened form of Theresa. It may refer to:

People

 * Tessa (rapper) (born 1997), Danish rapper
 * Tessa Albertson (born 1996), American actress
 * Tessa Balfour, Countess of Balfour (born 1950), British aristocrat
 * Tessa Blanchard (born 1994), American professional wrestler
 * Tessa Bonhomme (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Tessa Brooks (born 1999), American musician and influencer
 * Tessa Dahl (born 1957), English author and actress
 * Tessa Dare, American novelist
 * Tessa de Josselin (born 1989), Australian actress
 * Tessa Dunlop (born 1974), British television presenter, radio broadcaster and historian
 * Tessa Ferrer (born 1986), American actress
 * Tessa Fowler, Vanuatuan politician
 * Tessa Ganserer (born 1977), German politician
 * Tessa Giele (born 2002), Dutch swimmer
 * Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff (born 1994), German countess
 * Tessa Hadley (born 1956), British author
 * Tessa Hofmann (born 1949), German sociologist
 * Tessa Howard (born 1999), English field hockey player
 * Tessa Humphries, Australian actress
 * Tessa Ía (born 1995), Mexican actress
 * Tessa James (born 1991), Australian actress
 * Tessa Joseph, Indian model and actress
 * Tessa Jowell (1947–2018), British Labour politician
 * Tessa Kelso, (1863–1933), City librarian, Los Angeles Public Library 1889–1895
 * Tessa Kennedy (born 1938), British interior designer
 * Tessa Keswick (1942–2022), British policy analyst
 * Tessa Lark, American concert violinist
 * Tessa Majors (2001–2019), American murder victim
 * Tessa Mittelstaedt (born 1974), German actress
 * Tessa Munt (born 1959), British politician
 * Tessa Niles (born 1961), English singer
 * Tessa Parkinson (born 1986), Australian sailor
 * Tessa Peake-Jones (born 1957), English actress
 * Tessa Pollitt (born 1959), British bass guitarist
 * Tessa Prendergast (1928–2001), Jamaican actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
 * Tessa Ross (born 1961), English film producer
 * Tessa Sanderson (born 1956), British javelin thrower and heptathlete
 * Tessa Schram (born 1988), Dutch actress and film director
 * Tessa Simpson (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
 * Tessa Tennant (1959–2018), British investment advocate
 * Tessa Thompson (born 1983), American actress
 * Tessa Violet (born 1990), American musician, singer-songwriter, activist and YouTuber
 * Tessa Virtue (born 1989), Canadian ice dancer
 * Tessa Wheeler (1893–1936), British archaeologist
 * Tessa Worley (born 1989), French skier and military officer
 * Tessa Wullaert (born 1993), Belgian footballer
 * Tessa Wyatt (born 1948), English actress

Fictional characters

 * Tessa Gray, protagonist of The Infernal Devices novel series by Cassandra Clare
 * Tessa Noël, in the TV series Highlander: The Series
 * Teresa "Tessa" Testarossa, in the multimedia franchise Full Metal Panic!
 * Tessa, a character on the TV series Supernatural
 * Sage, a Marvel Comics superhero also known as Tessa
 * Tessa (Capcom), in the Red Earth video game series
 * Tessa, in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Gondoliers
 * the title character of Tessa (novel), by Margit Sandemo
 * the title character of Tessa (play), by Jean Giraudoux
 * Tessa Young, Main Character in the movie, After (2019 film) played by Josephine Langford based on the novel written by Anna Todd