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Meaning of name Rebekah

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Meaning

The name Rebekah 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, Rebekah is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 220 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Rebekah fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 11 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 364 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Rebekah in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Rebekah is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Rebecca. See other suggested Hebrew girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Rebecca.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Rebekah and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Rebekah: Boys - Enos, Isaac, Jacob, Uriel, Girls - Carmel, Elta, Mozelle, Zella, Both genders - Anna, Ariel, Betty, Dagan, Dagen, Dalit

Variants

The name Rebekah is a variant of Rebecca. Other popular variants of the name Rebecca are: Becca, Becka, Beckie, Becky (English), Bekka, Reba (English), Rebeca (Portuguese), Rebecka, Rebekah, Rebekkah, Riva, Rivah, Rivalee, Rivi, Rivkah, Rivy

Style

We think the name Rebekah 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 Rebekah to be: Pretty and unpretentious

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

See other "unpretentious" names for girls.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Rebecca for names of some famous persons with the name Rebekah or Rebecca (or their variants).
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Rebecca (58)
Ruby (179)
Raven (264)
Rose (327)
Ruth (350)
Rosa (370)
Regan (447)
Renee (454)
Ryleigh (460)
Ronny
Ruthetta
Rosie
Roselle
Reileigh
Rosalinde
Ruthelle
Ronnda
Roobee
Rosalinn
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