Given name · Belarusian · Russian
Фёкла
“god”·“glory”
Фёкла (Fjókla) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Belarusian.
Belarusian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Thecla.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Фёкла is built from elements meaning “god” and “glory”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Фёкла’s family of names
In Russian usage, Фёкла has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Tekla. In Belarusian usage, Фёкла has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thecla. In Russian usage, Фёкла has a conventional equivalent in the German form Thekla.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Фёкла has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Фёкла comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- TheclaEnglish
- TeklaPolish
- Tecklaequivalent
- Teclaequivalent
- TheklaGerman
- Vögläborrowing · izh
- Һяглborrowing · sia
- Θέκλαsource · Greek, Ancient Greek
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People named Фёкла
- Fyokla Bezzubovasoviet writer (1880–1966)
- Fyokla TolstayaRussian journalist, radio and television presenterborn 1971
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