Tekla

Tekla f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Tekla: Tekluson
• daughter of Tekla: Tekludóttir

From Ancient Greek Θεοκλεία (Theokleía).

• IPA^(key): /ˈteklɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞klɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eklɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Tek‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): Tek‧la

Tekla

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Thecla

• Tekla is the 967^th (tied with 3 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 174 female individuals (and as a middle name to 83 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• kelat, kelta, lekat, letka

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1762. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Θεοκλεία (Theokleía).

Tekla f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Thecla

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Tekla was the only given name of 1059 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Θεοκλεία (Theokleía).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.kla/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkla
• Syllabification: Te‧kla

Tekla f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Thecla

• Tekla in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Tekla c (genitive Teklas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Thecla

• elakt, kelat