Tekla (given name)
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Tekla is a Latvian, Polish, Georgian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Scandinavian feminine given name.
GenderFemale
Word/nameFrom Ancient Greek: Θέκλα, Thékla
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
