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.
Origins  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 unpretentiousIn one word, you might describe Rebekah as a(n) " unpretentious" person. See other "unpretentious" names for girls.
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