Thekla

Thekla is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Female
Confidence: Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: East Frisia, United States, Germany
US records 1880–2017: 0 male / 290 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Thekla

If you do not know Thekla’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Thekla,” in English, “Guten Tag Thekla,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Thekla,

German

Guten Tag Thekla,

French

Bonjour Thekla,

Spanish

Estimado/a Thekla:

Chinese

Thekla您好：

Japanese

Thekla様

English

Hi Thekla,

German

Hi Thekla,

French

Salut Thekla,

Spanish

Hola Thekla,

Chinese

Thekla你好：

Japanese

Theklaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Thekla by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
East Frisia	rare	woman's name
United States	rare	woman's name
Germany	rare	woman's name
Austria	rare	woman's name
Switzerland	rare	woman's name
Greece	rare	woman's name
Netherlands	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

0 male · 290 female · 290 births recorded

Male ≈ 0%Female ≈ 100%

Frequently asked questions

Is Thekla a male or female name?

Thekla is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Thekla in an email?

Is Thekla a unisex name?

Thekla is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Thekla a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/thekla. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_thekla,
  title  = {Is Thekla a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/thekla},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}