"Variant of Teresa"
The name Tere is commonly a female name from the "Spanish" origin.
Tere is a short form of Teresa used as a familiar given name in its own right, chiefly in Spanish. It is a clipping of Teresa rather than a name with an independent root, so it has no separate etymology or meaning of its own.
Teresa means "Tender".
The pronunciation of Tere is TEH-reh.