On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Steven Brust wrote: > > "Tekla" is a very common Jewish name. Huh. *I've* never heard of it as a Jewish name. Reading /Jhereg/ was the first time I saw it, and it looked very unfamiliar (it doesn't *look* Jewish). The only other instance I've seen was Ms. Domotor. One of my research bookmarks is http://www.behindthename.com/ And it says that: http://www.behindthename.com/nm/t.html TEKLA f Scandinavian, Russian, Polish Scandinavian, Russian and Polish form of THEKLA And for Thekla it says: http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=thekla THEKLA f Greek From the ancient Greek name Theokleia, which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements theos meaning "god" and kleos meaning "glory". Saint Thekla was supposedly the first female martyr (1st century). Well. > It was the name of my Grandparents dog, a miniature schnauzer who >spent all of his time shaking, trembling, quivering in fear, and >hiding under furniture. That's who the House was named after. > Ah, now that part I can understand. Thanks.