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).