Save Gender Feminine Usage Indian (Christian), Malayalam Scripts ത്രേസ്യ(Malayalam) Pronounced Pron. /ˈt̪reː.sjɐ/(Malayalam) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Form of Teresa (see Theresa) used by Malayalam-speaking Syriac Christians in the Indian state of Kerala. It was borne by Indian nun Saint Mariam Thresia Chiramel (1876-1926).