Contribute your knowledge to the name Tesla

Comments and insights on the name Tesla: | Edit

I think of this as a boy's name because of the AC inventor Tesla.

I think of this as a girl's name because of the nickname Tess/ie and the traditionally feminine -a ending.

Personal experiences with the name Tesla: | Edit

Share what you know!

Nicknames for Tesla: | Edit

Tess
Tessa
Tessie
Tez

Meanings and history of the name Tesla: | Edit

A tesla is the SI unit for magnetic flux density (after Nikola Tesla).
Tesla Motors (again a nod to the inventor) is also a company in California that is developing an electric roadster car.

Famous real-life people named Tesla: | Edit

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) he was an inventor and engineer, whose work on electricity and magnetism formed the basis for modern AC (alternating current) motors. Serbian by ethnicity, Austrian by nationality, he later became an American citizen.

Tesla in song, story & screen: | Edit

Share what you know!