Dragaera

Teckla and Tekla

Kenneth Gorelick pulmon at comcast.net
Mon Jan 5 04:17:47 PST 2004

On Jan 3, 2004, at 3:06 PM, David Silberstein wrote:

> 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.
>
> Although this seriously argues against its being a common Jewish name 
> (one of which I have never heard).