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From: mikelongworth <>
Subject: Re: unusual first name
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 11:04:42 +0000
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Julie HUGHES wrote:
>
> My mother in law has an unusual middle name - Thecular - has anyone ever
> heard of this before and where does it come from. She thinks it may have
> been from a saint

If the name is a variant of Thekla, then another source could be Maria
Anna THEKLA, cousin of Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART - they apparently had a
correspondence involving much playful, obscene humour ;-)

--
Mike LONGWORTH, Yateley, Hampshire, UK

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