Globally, Thera (Thera 
, 寺 
, 泰拉 ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Thera is habitual in Lebanon, where it is quite a rare female name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare feminine name, and Mali, where it is a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Indonesia. Also, Thera is the last name as well as the forename.
| thotagamuwe sri rahula thera Sri Lankan monk and writer (b. 1409) |
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ratmalane sri dharmaloka thera great Buddhist monk and a scholar (1828-1885), LK (b. 1828) |
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| ambagahawatte indrasabhawara gnanasami maha thera founder of Rāmañña Nikāya, Buddhist monastic order in Sri Lanka (b. 1832) |
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nyanasatta thera Czech Esperantist and Theravāda Buddhist monk, CZ (b. 1908) |
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| polwatte buddhadatta mahanayake thera Sri Lankan academic (b. 1887) |
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| thera brandstillerová holocaust victim, b. 1896-05-07, CZ (b. 1896) |
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thera coppens Dutch writer, NL (b. 1947) |
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| thera hofstede crull Dutch ceramist and jewelry designer (1900-1966), NL (b. 1900) |
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thera hoeymans Dutch-born Danish tv host, singer, composer and visual artist, NL (b. 1969) |
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witiyala seewalie thera Sri Lankan Buddhist monk |
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| galagama sri aththadassi thera LK (b. 1922) |
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| kotugoda dhammawasa thera Sri Lankan Buddhist monk (b. 1933) |
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| kithalagama sri seelalankara thera LK (b. 1924) |
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| thera rebel NL (b. 1929) |
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| katukurunde nanananda thera Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, author of Concept and Reality and The Magic of the Mind, LK (b. 1940) |
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