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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.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Rebecca is pronounced as reh-bek-uh

Origins

Rebecca originates from the Hebrew language.
See other suggested Hebrew girl baby names.

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, Rivy

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Rebecca are: Becky, Becca, Reba

Style

We think the name Rebecca should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Rebecca to be: Pretty and unpretentious

In one word, you might describe Rebecca as a(n) "unpretentious" person.

See other "unpretentious" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Rebecca (or its variants) are:

Rebecca Brown Burton, born on 14 February, a famous writer. Rebecca Brown Burton's background: A popular U.S. writer of over 75 romance novels under her married name Rebecca Burton, under her complete name Rebecca Brown Burton, and as Rebecca Winters for Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.

Rebecca M. Benally, born on 16 May, a famous principal. Rebecca M. Benally's background: An American school principal for Montezuma Creek Elementary School, and the current Navajo Nation Board of Education Vice-President. She is of the Navajo Tribe in south-eastern Utah by with the Navajo Nation extends. In 2006, Rebecca M. Benally was directly appointed by the Navajo Nation President on the Navajo Nation Board of Education which oversees the operations of schools under its jurisdiction on the Navajo Nation as the vide-president of that Navajo Nation position. The Navajo Board of Education is very important in that it works to help transition the Navajo Nation model in education to a more Effiecient system much like state school systems around the country.
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