Given name
Tecla
“glory of God”
Tecla is a variant of Tekla. One Greek interpretation is “glory of God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tecla is a variant of Tekla. One Greek interpretation is “glory of God.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tecla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 0 boys · 135 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 262 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tecla’s family of names
Tecla has a related form in Tekla. In Italian usage, Tecla has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thecla. In Italian usage, Tecla has a conventional equivalent in the French form Thècle.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tecla has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tecla
- Tecla InsoliaItalian singer-songwriter and actressborn 2004
- Tecla ScaranoItalian actress (1894–1978)
- Tecla TofanoVenezuelan artist (1927–1995)
- Tecla San Andres ZigaFilipino politician1906–1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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