Rebecca

Rebecca \re-bec-ca, reb-e-cca\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Rebecca is pronounced in English as RahBEHKah ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Rebecca: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"

What is the origin of Rebecca?

Rebecca's language of origin is Hebrew. It is used predominantly in English, French, and Italian. Rebekah (Hebrew) is an original form of the name. The name could be derived from the Hebrew element marbek ('cattle stall'), or else it could be from ribqah ('to tie') in reference to the bond of marriage. It could also be of Aramaic origin, as it was borne in the Old Testament of the Bible by the Aramean Rebecca, the wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau. The name has traiditionally been a favorite among Jews; it was widely adopted by English Puritans by the 16th century. The name was later popularized by the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca (1938), which was made into a successful film (1940). In Scotland, the name has been used as an Anglicization of the Gaelic baby name Beathag. The name Rebecca is widely used; it has 65 variants that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variants of Rebecca Bec name, Becks meaning of name, baby name Bekka, Bex meaning and origin, Rabecca meaning, baby name Reb, name Rebakah origin, nicknames for Rebba, Rebble meaning, Rebeca name variations (used in Portuguese, Spanish, and Welsh as well), Rebeccea definition, name Rebeckia origin, Rebecky name, Rebeha meaning, Rebeka meaning and origin (used in Czech, Hungarian, and Polish as well), nicknames for Rebekke, name Rebequa meaning, baby name Rebeque, short names for Reby, name Reeba meaning, baby name Rena, nicknames for Revekah, Rheba definition, Riba definition, Ribecca name, Rimca name popularity, Rivah pronounciation, and Rivkah meaning. Other English forms the shortenings nicknames for Becca (used in African and Hebrew as well) and meaning of Reba, the familiar forms Beck meaning of name, Becka name, nicknames for Beckah, meaning of Becke, Beckee meaning, Becker meaning, name Beckey, nicknames for Becki, Beckie meaning, Becky meaning (used in Hebrew, and Yiddish as well), Beki name variations, Bekki name popularity, name Bekkie, Rebbie meaning, and Rebi meaning of name, and the spelling variants Rebbeca meaning of name, Rebbecca pronounciation, Rebbecka definition, what does the name Rebeccah mean, name Rebeccka, Rebecha meaning, name Rebeckah, name Rebekah (used in Hebrew, Polish, and Yiddish as well), baby name Rebekha, Rebekka definition (used in German, and Scandinavian as well), and Rebekkah name.

Variants used in foreign languages Reveca name (Romanian and Slavic), Reveka meaning of name (Greek and Slavic), meaning of Revekka (Russian), meaning of Rébecca (French), nicknames for Ribqah (Hebrew), and nicknames for Rifka (Yiddish). The shortenings baby name Riva (Hebrew) and nicknames for Rivka (Hebrew), and the spelling variant meaning of Rebecka (Scandinavian) are other foreign forms. Rebecca is an all-time favorite. At present it is still a popular baby girl name, but not as much as it was in the past. The name's popularity grew from the 1920s up to the 1970s. Its usage peaked in 1974 with 0.968% of baby girls being named Rebecca. It was #10 in rank then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #137 with a usage of only 0.116%, was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Rebecca was thrice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, Rebekah name popularity, in 2010. The name Rebecca has been primarily given to baby girls, although it has also been used as a boy name in the last century. In 1975, 207 times as many baby girls than boys were given the name Rebecca.

The following famous people share the name Rebecca:

• Author Rebecca West, born Cicily Isabel Fairfield 21 December 1892 - 15 March 1983, London, England
• Basketball Player Rebecca Lobo, born 6 October 1973, Southwick, Massachusetts
• Model Rebecca Romijn, born 6 November 1972, Berkeley, California
• Singer Carlene Carter, born Rebecca Carlene Smith September 26, 1955, Nashville, Tennessee.

List of baby names that sound like Rebecca:

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The baby name Rebecca fun facts:

The name Rebecca in reverse order is "Acceber".

The numerological value of the name Rebecca is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Rebecca?

Rebecca is in the top names in USA.