Save Gender Feminine Usage Eastern African, Pokot Meaning & History A famous bearer is Tegla Chepkite Loroupe (born 1973) a Kenyan long-distance track and road runner. She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights and education.
Save Gender Feminine Usage History (Ecclesiastical) Meaning & History Tegla is the titular patron of the church and holy well at Llandegla in Denbighshire. Her name is usually treated as the Welsh form of Thecla.