Thekla (, ''Thékla'', ) is a Greek feminine given name made famous by

Saint Thecla Thecla (, ) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient New Testament apocrypha, apocryphal ''Acts of Paul and Thecla''. Church tradition The ' ...

, a 1st-century Christian martyr. In English, it is more commonly romanized as

Thecla Thecla (, ) was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal '' Acts of Paul and Thecla''. Church tradition The ''Acts of Paul and Thecla ...

. In modern Russian language it is known as

Fekla Fyokla or Fekla () is an archaic Russian fenimine given name derived from Greek Thekla (, ''Thékla'', ). Notable people with the name include: * Fyokla Bezzubova (1880-1966), Soviet and Russian narrator of folklore * Fyokla Tolstaya (born 1971), ...

Fyokla Fyokla or Fekla () is an archaic Russian fenimine given name derived from Greek Thekla (, ''Thékla'', ). Notable people with the name include: *Fyokla Bezzubova (1880-1966), Soviet and Russian narrator of folklore *Fyokla Tolstaya (born 1971), j ...

and considered to be an archaic name. Thekla may also refer to:

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Thekla, wife of Michael II Thekla (Θέκλα; died ) was the first empress consort of Michael II of the Byzantine Empire. Family According to Theophanes the Confessor, Thekla was the daughter of an unnamed ''strategos'' of the Anatolic Theme, where Michael served. On ...

(died ), first Empress-consort of Michael II of the Byzantine Empire *

Thekla, daughter of Theophilos Thekla (; early 820s or 830s – after 870), Latinized as Thecla, was a princess of the Amorian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. The eldest child of Byzantine emperor Theophilos and empress Theodora, she was proclaimed in the late 830s. Aft ...

( – after 867), daughter of Emperor Theophilos of the Byzantine Empire, ''Augusta'' *

Mother Thekla Mother Thekla (born Marina Sharf) (18 July 1918 – 7 August 2011), was a teacher, a nun and founder of the Orthodox Monastery of the Assumption in North Yorkshire, and spiritual muse of the composer Sir John Tavener. Early life Marina Sharf wa ...

(1918–2011), nun, academic and collaborator of the English musician and composer John Tavener *

Thekla Beere Thekla Beere (1902 – 19 February 1991) was an Irish civil servant who chaired the Ireland's Commission on the Status of Women in 1970 and was secretary of the Department of Transport and Power. She was the first woman to lead a government ...

(1902–1991), Irish civil servant *

Thekla M. Bernays Thekla M. Bernays (1856 – January 30, 1931) was an American author, journalist, artist, art collector, speaker, and women's suffrage, suffragette. Early life and family Bernays was born in Highland, Illinois, in 1856, the second child of Dr. ...

(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 Thekla Levinia Andrietta Knös (17 July 1815, Uppsala – 10 March 1880, Växjö), was a Swedish writer, poet and translator. Life Her parents were the wealthy professor Gustaf Knös (d. 1828) and the literary upper class socialite Alida Maria ...

(1817–1880), Swedish poet * Thekla Krause (born 1969), German footballer *

Thekla Resvoll Thekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll (22 May 1871 – 14 June 1948) was a Norwegian botanist and educator. She was a pioneer in Norwegian natural history education and nature conservation together with her sister, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen. Biography ...

(1871–1948), Norwegian botanist and educator *

Thekla Reuten Thekla Simona Gelsomina Reuten (born 16 September 1975) is a Dutch actress. Life and career Reuten was born in Bussum, Netherlands, the daughter of a Dutch father, Joost Reuten, and an Italian mother, who was born in Benabbio near Bagni di Lucc ...

(born 1975), Dutch actress *

Thekla Schild Thekla Schild (1890–1991) was a German architect. In 1913 she became the second woman in Germany to earn a degree in architecture. Early life and education Schild was born in Karlsruhe and spent much of her youth in the Black Forest, where her ...

(1890–1991), German architect *

Thekla Carola Wied Thekla Carola Wied (born Thekla Wiedmann; 5 February 1944) is a German actress educated in West Berlin at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. Her father was a teacher for Latin. After abitur she studied from 1965 till 1967 acting at ...

(born 1944), German actress

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The Thekla ''Thekla'' is a former cargo ship moored in the Mud Dock area of Bristol's Floating Harbour, England. The ship was built in Germany in 1958 and worked in the coastal trades. In 1982 the ship was bought by Ki Longfellow-Stanshall, the wife ...

'' (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 Thekla's lark (''Galerida theklae''), also known as the Thekla lark, is a species of lark that breeds on the Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia. It is a sedentary ( non-migratory) species. This i ...

, species of lark * Thekla, Inc., a game development company created by

Jonathan Blow Jonathan Blow (born 1971) is an American video game designer and programmer. He is best known for his work on the independent video games ''Braid'' (2008) and '' The Witness'' (2016). Blow became interested in game programming while at middle ...

* " Thekla: Eine Geisterstimme" poem by Schiller, set to music by (among others) Schubert * one of the 55 cities described in the novel ''

Invisible Cities ''Invisible Cities'' () is a postmodern novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino. It was published in Italy in 1972 by Giulio Einaudi Editore. Description The book is framed as a conversation between the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, and Marco Pol ...

'' by Italo Calvino

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