Tekla (given name)

Tekla is a Latvian, Polish, Georgian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Scandinavian feminine given name.

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

See also

• Thekla
• Tecla

References