Thekla

Greek

"fame of God"

Thekla Origin and Meaning

The name Thekla is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "fame of God".

New Testament name -- Thekla was the first virgin martyr -- with an unappealing sound.

Thekla Rank in US Top 1000

# 895 in the US

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Famous People Named Thekla

• Thekla Empress consort of Michael II of the Byzantine Empire
• Thekla Simona Gelsomina Reuten Dutch actress
• Thekla Schild German architect
• Thekla Roth British model and actress
• Thekla Levinia Andrietta Knös Swedish poet
• Thekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll Norwegian botanist
• Maria Anna Thekla "Marianne" Mozart cousin of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Thekla in Pop Culture

• Thekla Mustard a character in Gregory Maguire's Hamlet Chronicles book series
• Thekla of Mansfeld character in G. A. Henty's, The Lion of the North
• "Thekla (eine Geisterstimme) " song by Franz Schubert
• Teckla Minnau handmaiden to Senator Padme Amidala in the TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars