Thekla
Thekla is a Greek female given name .
Origin and meaning
Thekla (Greek Θέκλα ) probably comes from the ancient Greek name "Theokleia". This is derived from theos (θεός), God and kleos (κλέος), fame, honor and means about the glory of God or the one called by God .
variants
- Fjokla (Фёкла) (Russian)
- Tecla (Italian)
- Tegla (Welsh)
- Tekla (Finnish, Hungarian)
- Thecla (English)
- თეკლა (Georgian)
name day
Thekla: September 23 , September 28 ; June 9 (orthodox)
Well-known namesake
Single names
- Thecla of Iconium , 1st century, Christian saint and protomartyr
- Tegla of Denbighshire , 8th century (?), Welsh saint. Also known as: Tecla, Thecla, Welsh Tegla Forwyn (Tegla the Virgin)
- Thekla von Kitzingen († around 790), Benedictine, saint
- Thekla (sister of Michael III) , 9th century, daughter of the Byzantine empress Theodora II.
Modern namesake women
- Thekla Badarczewska (1834–1861), Polish composer
- Thekla von Baudissin (1812–1885), German writer
- Thekla Brun-Lie (* 1992), Norwegian biathlete
- Tekla Chemabwai (born 1950), Kenyan athlete
- Thekla Edenfeld (1871-20th centuries), German writer
- Thekla Friedländer (1849–1898?), German social reformer
- Thekla von Gumpert (1810–1897), German writer for children and young people
- Thekla von Hünerbein (1840–1902), German deaconess
- Thekla Jahn , TV and radio journalist
- Thekla Kauffmann (1883–1980), Württemberg politician (DDP)
- Thekla Kneisel (1802–1832), Austrian actress and opera singer
- Thekla Knös (1815-1880), Swedish writer
- Thekla Krause (* 1969), German soccer player
- Thekla Landé (1864–1932), German politician (SPD)
- Thekla Lingen (1866–1931), writer
- Thekla Mayhoff (* 1957), German actress
- Thekla Merwin (1887–1944), Austrian writer
- Thekla Naveau (1822–1871), German educator, children's book author and women's rights activist
- Tekla Nordström (1856–1937), Swedish xylographist
- Thekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll (1871–1948), Norwegian botanist and women's rights activist
- Thekla Reuten (* 1975), Dutch actress
- Thekla Schneider (1854–1936), German writer
- Thekla Schild (1890–1991), German architect
- Thekla Schulz-Brize (* 1960), German building researcher
- Thekla Skorra (1866–1943), Jewish German poet and publicist
- Thekla Waitz (1862–1952), German librarian
- Thekla Walker (* 1969), German politician (B90 / Green)
- Thekla Carola Wied (* 1944), German actress
As an additional first name
- Mitsuko Maria Thekla Coudenhove-Kalergi (1874–1941), Japanese-Austrian-Hungarian diplomatic wife
- Maria Anna Thekla Mozart (1758–1841), cousin of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Anna Thekla von Weling (1837–1900), German writer
First name of fictional characters
- Spider Thekla, garden spider in Maya the bee
- Thekla, Wallenstein's daughter with Schiller ( The Piccolomini , Wallenstein's death )