Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 Terezinha
/teh · reh · ZEEN · yah/
Meaning
“Little Teresa”
Brazilian Portuguese diminutive of Teresa, meaning 'little Teresa'; the affectionate suffix -inha is quintessentially Brazilian and signals warmth.
Nicknames
tere · zinha
Vibe
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How it ages.
Distinctly Brazilian; the diminutive form ages as endearing but firmly mid-century.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil throughout the 20th century; still used but declining in new registrations.