Tekla (given name)

Tekla
Gender	Female
Name day	Latvia: 31 January,; Sweden: 23 September
Origin
Word/name	From Ancient Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla
Region of origin	Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Georgia, Latvia, Poland, Sweden
Other names
Related names	Thecla, Tecla, Thekla

Last updated September 28, 2025

Tekla is a Latvian, Polish, Georgian, Ukrainian, and Scandinavian feminine given name.

Notable people named Tekla

Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1829/1834 to 1861), Polish composer
Tekla Chemabwai (born 1950), Kenyan sprinter and middle-distance runner
Tekla Griebel-Wandall (1866–1940), Danish composer and music educator
Tekla Juniewicz (1906–2022), Polish supercentenarian, the oldest verified Polish person in history
Tekla Nordström (1856–1937), Swedish xylographer
Tekla Róża Radziwiłł (1703–1747), Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman

References

↑ vardadienas.lv. "Janvāris 2017" . Retrieved 20 January 2017.

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[1] vardadienas.lv. "Janvāris 2017" . Retrieved 20 January 2017.

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Tekla (given name)

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Notable people named Tekla

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