First name for nick name Tess???

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Registered: 11-02-2004
First name for nick name Tess???
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Fri, 04-15-2005 - 8:29am
Anyone have any thoughts? I know it's origionally short for Theresa but for family reasons we can't use it. We just really like the NN Tess though! Any thoughts on another name it could be short for? TIA for any thoughts!
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Registered: 10-01-2003
Fri, 04-15-2005 - 8:58am
I'm not sure you need a nn for Tess. I know two girls named Tess and that is their given name. I don't think Tess sounds like a nn for something.
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Registered: 01-22-2005
Fri, 04-15-2005 - 10:09am
I know I little girl whose given name is Tess.
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Registered: 02-05-2004
Fri, 04-15-2005 - 10:17am

Contessa
I teach at a school where there was a Tesla.

Good luck!
Hope

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Registered: 08-01-2003
Fri, 04-15-2005 - 12:49pm

I know one Tess, one Tessa

I would pick Tessa as the given name.

Contessa is kind of cute too, as a previous poster suggested. you don't hear that almost at all

good luck

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Registered: 08-30-2004
Fri, 04-15-2005 - 1:09pm
Quintessa

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Registered: 04-18-2003
Fri, 04-15-2005 - 1:26pm
I like Tessa as a given name...it seems more complete than Tess.
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Registered: 11-02-2004
Fri, 04-15-2005 - 2:04pm
Thanks for the thoughts guys...we really thought that Tess just sounded incomplete as a first name & that Tessa & anything that ended in "Tessa" just didn't work with our last name (Lettie...it just kind of all rolls together....Tessa Lettie...)...it just may not work but we were just loving the nickname so I thought I'd try & find something! thanks again!
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Registered: 11-25-2004
Fri, 04-15-2005 - 2:09pm
I know an Esther nn Tess (she is an adorable 5 year old!!) Good luck
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 04-16-2005 - 6:44am

We have Esther nn Tess on our list as well.

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