A baptismal name for a girl
Thecla
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Thecla
- Martyr TheclaNovember 27A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Saint TheclaSeptember 26A holy woman named Thecla, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Thecla of AlexandriaSeptember 6A martyr of Alexandria, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Martyr Thecla of GazaAugust 19A martyr of Gaza, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Confessor Thecla MakushevaDecember 10A Russian woman who confessed the faith, commemorated in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Martyr Thecla of PersiaJune 9A martyr of Persia, put to death for her faith in Christ.
- Martyr Thecla of PersiaNovember 20A virgin of Persia, martyred for her faith in Christ.
- Venerable Martyr Thecla of SalernoJune 6A virgin of Salerno in Italy, honored as a martyr.
- Venerable Thecla of AsiaNovember 17Virgin of Asia named in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 17 November, with Phileas and Matrona; few details survive.
- Saint Thecla of ThraceDecember 20A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 20 December; few details survive.
- Venerable Thecla of KitzingenOctober 15Anglo-Saxon nun and abbess of Ochsenfurt and Kitzingen in Germany, who reposed around 790.
Saint Thecla of LentiniJanuary 10A Christian woman of Lentini in Sicily, of the 3rd century.
Questions
The name day of Thecla is November 27, the feast of Martyr Thecla. It is also kept on September 26, September 6, August 19, December 10, June 9, November 20, June 6, November 17.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Thecla, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Thecla is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Martyr Thecla as patron.