Meaning 
The name Rebecca has the following meaning: A Hebrew name, meaning "to bind". A popular choice since the 1970s. In the Bible, Rebecca was the wife of Isaac, Abraham's son.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Rebecca is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 58 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Rebecca fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 13 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 132 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Rebecca in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Pronunciation  The name Rebecca is pronounced as reh-bek-uh Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Rebecca and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Rebecca: Boys - Enos, Isaac, Jacob, Uriel, Girls - Carmel, Elta, Mozelle, Zella, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit
Variants 
Popular Variants for the name Rebecca: Becca, Becka, Beckie, Becky (English), Bekka, Reba (English), Rebeca (Portuguese), Rebecka, Rebekah, Rebekkah, Riva, Rivah, Rivalee, Rivi, Rivkah, RivyNicknames  Common nicknames for the name Rebecca are: Becky, Becca, Reba
Style 
We think the name Rebecca should fall under the following style category: Biblical. See other Biblical girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Rebecca to be: Pretty and unpretentiousIn one word, you might describe Rebecca as a(n) " unpretentious" person. See other "unpretentious" names for girls.
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