Teja (first name)

Teja is a female and male given name .

Origin and meaning

The name is, among other things, the Slovenian short form of Doroteja . Another short Slovenian variant is tea.

Well-known namesake

Male

• Teja († 552), last king of the Ostrogoths
• Teja Aicher (1909–1979), Austrian painter, copywriter and illustrator
• Friedrich Teja Bach (* 1944), German art historian
• Teja Dambon (* 1971), German ice hockey player
• Teja Tscharntke (* 1952), German sociologist and biologist

Female

• Teja Gregorin (* 1980), Slovenian biathlete
• Teja Vidic (* 1998), Slovenian chess player

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Teja. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .