Thekla

Where Thekla comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Thekla.

  • Vowel-ended
Thekla through the years
  1. 701
    Thekla born
    Byzantine empress, wife of Michael II
  2. 1871
    Thekla Resvoll born
    Norwegian botanist
  3. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1890
    Peak, #727
    14 babies named Thekla, the most in any year.
  5. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Thekla Resvoll · Norwegian botanist, 1871–1948
  • Thekla · Byzantine empress, wife of Michael II, 701–823
  • Thekla Reuten · Dutch actress, born 1975
  • Thekla · daughter of Theophilos, 825–900
  • Thekla Brun-Lie · Norwegian biathlete, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.