Thekla name - Meaning of Thekla

Thekla name - Meaning of Thekla

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Gender
Feminine
Lucky Number
3
See Lucky Number 3 Meaning
Usage
German, Greek, Late Greek
Pronounced
TEHK-lah
Thekla Meaning
From the ancient Greek name Θεοκλεια (Theokleia) , which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεος (theos) meaning "god" and κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory". The 1st-century Saint Thekla was supposedly the first female martyr. She appears (as Θεκλα) in the apocryphal 'Acts of Paul and Thecla' from the 2nd century. Thekla originates in Greek language and means "God"s fame". Thekla was a saint and she is considered the first female martyr. It is also the name of a kind of lark.

Thekla Related Names
Variants: Thecla (Late Greek), Tecla, Tekla
Other Languages: Theokleia (Ancient Greek), Tekla (Danish), Thecla (Dutch), Tecla (Italian), Tekla (Norwegian), Tekla (Polish), Tekla (Russian), Tecla (Spanish), Tekla (Swedish)

Thekla Celebrities
Thekla Reuten - actress,


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