Thekla
Thekla is a Greek feminine given name made famous by Saint Thecla, a 1st-century Christian martyr. In English, it is more commonly romanized as Thecla.
- German
- Greek
- Late Greek
Meaning & Origin of Thekla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thekla is a Greek feminine given name made famous by Saint Thecla, a 1st-century Christian martyr. In English, it is more commonly romanized as Thecla.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Greek
- Late Greek
The Story of Thekla
The earliest SSA record of Thekla as a baby girl name dates back to 1882, when 5 babies received it. 1890 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Thekla — #727 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Thekla on record arrived during the 1890s, its defining decade. Thekla last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 296 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Thekla
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Thekla. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Thekla
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- Thekla, wife of Michael II (died c. 823 ), first Empress-consort of Michael II of the Byzantine Empire
- Thekla, daughter of Theophilos ( c. 822/823 – after 867), daughter of Emperor Theophilos of the Byzantine Empire, Augusta
- Mother Thekla (1918–2011), nun, academic and collaborator of the English musician and composer John Tavener
- Thekla Beere (1902–1991), Irish civil servant
- Thekla M. Bernays (1856–1931), American author, journalist, artist, art collector, speaker, and suffragette
- Thekla Brun-Lie (born 1992), Norwegian biathlete
- Thekla Friedländer (born 1849, death unknown), German soprano and social reformer
- Thekla Kaischauri (born 1993), Austrian professional wrestler known mononymously as Thekla
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Names that sound like Thekla
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About the name Thekla
Thekla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 296 births in the dataset. Thekla's peak popularity came in 1890 when it ranked #727. Use the chart and map above to compare Thekla's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.