Meaning and history
Thekla comes from the ancient Greek name Θεόκλεια (Theokleia), meaning “glory of God,” from θεός (theos) meaning “god” and κλέος (kleos) meaning “glory.” It was the name of a 1st-century saint, appearing as Θέκλα in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla, where Thecla listens to Paul speak about the virtues of chastity and decides to remain a virgin, angering both her mother and her suitor.
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20212021: 6 births, rank #13,464
Thekla moved from #755 to #895 for girls between 1890 and 1893. Its highest annual birth count came in 1890, with 14 births.