Thekla

Thekla (Ancient 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.

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 Kaischauri (born 1993), Austrian professional wrestler known mononymously as Thekla
• 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)