Tekla
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Thecla.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Tekla (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tekla has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2006 | 17 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 499 |
| 2000 | 457 |
| 2001 | 433 |
| 2002 | 402 |
| 2003 | 383 |
| 2004 | 362 |
| 2005 | 351 |
| 2006 | 342 |
| 2007 | 339 |
| 2008 | 339 |
| 2009 | 332 |
| 2010 | 321 |
| 2011 | 318 |
| 2012 | 322 |
| 2013 | 312 |
| 2014 | 307 |
| 2015 | 312 |
| 2016 | 314 |
| 2017 | 314 |
| 2018 | 317 |
| 2019 | 316 |
| 2020 | 317 |
Tekla in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tekla.Hi! My name is Tekla.
- Tekla har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Tekla has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Teklas mamma är lärare.Tekla's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Teklas mamma is Tekla's mum.
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Questions about Tekla
How do you pronounce Tekla in Swedish?
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What does the name Tekla mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Thecla.
How popular is Tekla in Sweden?
2 babies were named Tekla in 2022. In 2020, 317 people in Sweden had Tekla as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.