Teréz
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Teréz is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Theresa.
- HUHungary1 in 740(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 502K
- SESweden1 in 109K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Hungary (measured from records)
- Sources
- 167 (measured from records)
- 1 in 740 (inferred from the name graph)
13,198 people, 2025
Highest-authority source
Hungary
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Terez in US United States.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, equivalent to English Theresa
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Teréz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU Hungary | #691 | 13,198 | 1 in 740 | 13K | Teréz | 41 |
| US United States | — | 662 | 1 in 502K | 336 | Terez | 167 |
| SE Sweden | — | 94 | 1 in 109K | 94 | Teréz | 5 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 572K | — | Teréz | 4 |
| BR Brazil | — | 22 | 1 in 9.6M | 111 | — | 1 |
| HR Croatia | — | 12 | 1 in 352K | 12 | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | — | 6 | 1 in 350K | 18 | — | 1 |
| IS Iceland | — | 1 | 1 in 351K | 1 | — | — |
13,198 people counted by Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025), 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SURS — resident population given names; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Therese von Artnerb. 1772HUnot in their usual nameHungarian poet
- Teréz Karacsb. 1808HUHungarian writer, educator, memoirist, and women's rights activist (1808–1892)
- Teréz Csillagb. 1862HU(1862–1925) Hungarian actress
- Teréz Müllerb. 1877HUHungarian writer
- Ilona Durigob. 1881HUnot in their usual nameHungarian contralto and academic voice teacher (1881–1943)
- Therese Benedekb. 1892HUnot in their usual nameAmerican Hungarian-born psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1892-1977)
- Tissa Davidb. 1921USnot in their usual nameanimator (1921-2012)
- Teréz Bodb. 1926HUHungarian actress (1926–2000)
- Teréz Bednarikb. 1957HUHungarian rower
- Teréz Rudolfb. 1966HUHungarian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2011 | 23K | #60 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2012 | 22K | #62 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2013 | 22K | #63 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2015 | 20K | #66 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2016 | 19K | #68 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2017 | 19K | #73 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2018 | 18K | #73 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2019 | 17K | #74 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2023 | 14K | #87 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2024 | 14K | #90 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2025 | 13K | #94 |
| HU Hungary | magyarnevek — given names by decade | 1950 | 821 | #25 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Teréz mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, equivalent to English Theresa Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Teréz a male or female name?
- Teréz is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Teréz?
- In the etymology graph, Terri, Teresita and Terezinha are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Teréz have the most bearers?
- In Hungary, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Teréz, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled teréz.
- Where is Teréz most common?
- Teréz is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 740 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Teréz?
- In Hungary, the national register counted 13,198 people named Teréz in 2025, about 1 in 740 residents.
- How common is Teréz compared with other names?
- In Hungary, Teréz is the 691st most common given name of 18,528 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Teréz?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ter%C3%A9zThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Teréz” — the 691st most common given name in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.