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/Fyokla and considered to be an archaic name.

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)