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Kessa
How to Pronounce Kessa
Pronounced KESS-uh /ΛkΙs.Ι/Medium
Meaning: Kessa reads as a short, modern name, either a reworking of Tessa, itself from Theresa, or a fresh coinage on the -essa sound; some also connect it to the Hebrew Keziah, a fragrant spice.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Kessa is a modern short name, read most often as a variant of Tessa, from Theresa, or as a clean coinage on the -essa pattern. It surfaced for American girls only faintly, touching a small high around 2009.
It has never been common, given to only about twenty girls a year at most. A girl named Kessa at that high would be a teenager today. Brief and current-sounding, it fits the taste for short vowel-bright names but remains a very rare pick.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Kessa mean?
It is a short modern name, read as a form of Tessa or a fresh coinage.
How do you pronounce Kessa?
It is said KESS-uh /ΛkΙs.Ι/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Kessa a boy or girl name?
Kessa is used as a girls name.
How popular is Kessa?
It has always been very rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late two-thousands.