Wikipedia:
Tess is a female given name. It can be a diminutive form of Esther, Therese, Theresa or Teresa, or a feminine name of Persian origin.
People named Tess
Tess Daly (born 1969), British television presenterTess Mattisson (born 1978), Swedish singerTess Taylor (born 1989), American reality show personalityTess Gaerthé (born 1991), Dutch singer
Fictional Tesses
Tess (character), several fictional characters named TessTess Smith, alternate personality of the character Jessica Buchanan on the American soap opera One Life to LiveTheresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, main protagonist from soap opera Passions nickname was "Tess"
