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REBECCA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
OTHER SCRIPTS: רִבְקָה (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: rə-BEK-ə (English), re-BEK-kah (Italian)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name. This is the name of the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament. It came into use as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular with the Puritans in the 17th century.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Rebeccah, Rebeckah (English), Rebecka (Swedish)
DIMINUTIVES: Becca, Becka, Beckah, Becky, Reba, Becci, Bekki (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Rebekka (Biblical Greek), Rivqah (Biblical Hebrew), Rebekka (Danish), Rebekka (Dutch), Rebekka (Finnish), Rébecca (French), Rebekka (German), Rivka, Riva (Hebrew), Rebeka (Hungarian), Rebekka (Norwegian), Rebeca (Portuguese), Rebeca (Spanish), Rifka (Yiddish)
Popularity
United States  ranked #148 
England/Wales  ranked #82 
Canada (BC)  - 
Australia (NSW)  - 
Denmark  - 
France  ranked #349 
Ireland  ranked #48 
Italy  ranked #22 
Netherlands  ranked #331 
Northern Ireland  ranked #37 
Norway  - 
Scotland  ranked #29 
Sweden  ranked #87 
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RÉBECCA


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