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Tekla Juniewicz (1906-2022) was a Polish woman who holds the record for longest-lived person from Poland. At the time of her death she was the second-oldest person in the world.
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Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1829/1834 – 29 September 1861) was a Polish composer, mostly known for “The Maiden’s Prayer” published in Warsaw in 1856.
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Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Tekla/
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Tekla is also Croatian, Estonian, and Latvian. The name days for Tekla in Croatia are September 23 and October 15. The name day for Tekla in Estonia is September 23. The name day for Tekla in Latvia is January 31. [noted -ed]
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Also a Banatswabian variant of Thekla: https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=zichydorf&ID=I14947&nachname=Heckl&modus=&lang=de
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This name was also used among the German minority in Bessarabia: https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=krasna&ID=I7072&nachname=Steinke&modus=&lang=de
https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=krasna&ID=I7282&nachname=Riehl&modus=&lang=de
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https://ofb.genealogy.net/famreport.php?ofb=krasna&ID=I7282&nachname=Riehl&modus=&lang=de
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Also Estonian (albeit rare nowadays): https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekla_(eesnimi)
https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/
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https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/
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Also Slovak (albeit archaic): https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meniny_na_Slovensku --- name day: September 23
https://www.geni.com/people/Tekla/6000000014146711016
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https://www.geni.com/people/Tekla/6000000014146711016
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Also Czech (albeit almost archaic): https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%A1_Tekla
https://krestnijmeno.prijmeni.cz/search.php?name=Tekla&t=1
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https://krestnijmeno.prijmeni.cz/search.php?name=Tekla&t=1
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This was a popular name in Poland at the turn of the 19th century.
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Although pretty rare, it is also used in Poland. It always struck me as an old lady name but just recently I've met a little girl named Tekla and I must say, it is rather sweet on a small child.
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This is also used in Poland.
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Hungarian pronunciation: TEK-law. [noted -ed]
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Looking back at the Name Days page, I bet Tekla is used in all of the countries that have a name day for it. :)
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My name is Tekla and it is Swedish in my case!
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Also used in Sweden.
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Tekla is also the Georgian form of Thekla.
In Georgian, Tekla is written as: თეკლა.
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In Georgian, Tekla is written as: თეკლა.
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I like the meaning of this name.
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