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Thekla is an interesting name with a beautiful meaning.
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Sounds like heckler in a British accent?
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Russian variant of this name is Fyokla (Фёкла). [noted -ed]
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Thekla Resvoll (1871-1948) was a botanist and educator who fought for women's legal right to vote in Norway.
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Thekla M. Bernays (1856-1931) fought for women's legal right to vote in the US.
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Thekla Knös was a Swedish writer and poet.
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In Greek, Θ (theta) is pronounced with the "thhhh" sound (as in Thanks). Therefore, this name is traditionally pronounced THEHK-lah.
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My name is Tekla, the Swedish variation of Thekla. Other variations include:
-Thècle: French.
-Tegla: Welsh.
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-Thècle: French.
-Tegla: Welsh.
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This name is very unusual - I find the the k part offputting.
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I agree with the comment above. The K definitely seems out of place, and it is somewhat hard to pronounce. Thella looks a lot better and is way easier to pronounce. Just an idea...
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I have a great-great aunt with this name (although I'm not positive this is how she spelled it) and everyone in the family pronounces it "TEHK-la". Then again they're from Wisconsin so who knows!
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In Greek the name is pronounced "TEH-klah" ("TAY-kla" is close to the actual pronunciation).
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Interesting name. Not sure I'd actually use this spelling. How would anglophones actually say this? Thek-lah? tek-lah? teek-lah? theek-lah? I like teek-lah, but the others aren't very lyrical to me.
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Lebanese version of the name: TAKLA.
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