Tekla (given name) explained

Tekla
Gender:	Female
Region:	Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Georgia, Latvia, Poland, Sweden
Origin:	From Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Θέκλα, Thékla
Related Names:	Thecla, Tecla, Thekla
Name Day:	Latvia: 31 January,^[1] Sweden: 23 September

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 Nordström (1856–1937), Swedish xylographer
• Tekla Róża Radziwiłł (1703–1747), Polish - Lithuanian noblewoman

See also

• Thekla
• Tecla

Notes and References

1. Web site: Janvāris 2017. vardadienas.lv. 20 January 2017.