Thekla
Thekla (Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla, lit. 'God’s fame') 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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In modern Russian language it is known as Fekla and considered to be an obsolete name following the Great October Revolution.
Thekla may also refer to:
People
- 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 Knös (1817–1880), Swedish poet
- Thekla Krause (born 1969), German footballer
- Thekla Resvoll (1871–1948), Norwegian botanist and educator
- Thekla Reuten (born 1975), Dutch actress
- Thekla Schild (1890–1991), German architect
- Thekla Carola Wied (born 1944), German actress
Other
- The Thekla (Old Profanity Showboat), originally a cargo ship, now a music venue in Bristol, England
- Thekla, suburb in Leipzig, site of a subcamp of Buchenwald
- Thekla lark, species of lark
- Thekla, Inc., a game development company created by Jonathan Blow
- "Thekla: Eine Geisterstimme" poem by Schiller, set to music by (among others) Schubert
- one of the 55 cities described in the novel Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Thekla
- All pages with titles containing Thekla
- Thecla (disambiguation)
- Thelma (disambiguation)
- Tekla (given name)
- Tecla
- Tekla, software company
- Takla (disambiguation)
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