Rebecca Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Girl Names Like Rebecca

Rebecca Name Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: ra-beh-cah
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Rebecca Name Meaning

From the Hebrew ribbqah, a noose. Also spelled Rebekah. The Biblical Rebecca was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Rebecca Name Popularity

How popular is the name Rebecca? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	154	482	0.1369%
1911	148	506	0.1359%
1912	146	718	0.1424%
1913	161	684	0.1206%
1914	163	850	0.122%
1915	160	1,132	0.1246%
1916	171	1,091	0.1129%
1917	165	1,196	0.1195%
1918	172	1,221	0.1138%
1919	170	1,238	0.1182%
1920	175	1,230	0.1106%
1921	175	1,254	0.1095%
1922	173	1,268	0.1138%
1923	174	1,246	0.1112%
1924	170	1,330	0.1145%
1925	185	1,167	0.1032%
1926	184	1,111	0.101%
1927	171	1,213	0.1096%
1928	184	1,082	0.1011%
1929	181	1,061	0.1024%
1930	176	1,083	0.1037%
1931	172	1,046	0.106%
1932	163	1,153	0.1167%
1933	169	1,037	0.1113%
1934	165	1,139	0.1178%
1935	163	1,181	0.1215%
1936	165	1,158	0.1202%
1937	167	1,169	0.1186%
1938	145	1,554	0.1518%
1939	134	1,779	0.1749%
1940	96	2,527	0.2377%
1941	86	2,909	0.2585%
1942	85	3,222	0.2552%
1943	87	3,252	0.2491%
1944	84	3,221	0.2599%
1945	85	3,317	0.272%
1946	67	4,837	0.3278%
1947	52	6,330	0.3792%
1948	50	6,791	0.4254%
1949	40	8,775	0.5455%
1950	36	9,427	0.5855%
1951	32	10,931	0.6447%
1952	30	12,228	0.7005%
1953	24	12,960	0.7323%
1954	26	13,209	0.7226%
1955	27	12,396	0.6739%
1956	27	12,171	0.6444%
1957	34	11,487	0.597%
1958	41	10,404	0.5505%
1959	38	10,475	0.5513%
1960	38	9,967	0.526%
1961	44	10,234	0.5421%
1962	47	9,407	0.5124%
1963	44	9,392	0.5232%
1964	46	9,472	0.5381%
1965	41	10,215	0.6247%
1966	40	9,776	0.6261%
1967	39	9,819	0.647%
1968	33	10,227	0.6811%
1969	28	10,952	0.7109%
1970	29	10,855	0.6821%
1971	23	12,194	0.8115%
1972	14	13,255	0.9732%
1973	10	14,870	1.147%
1974	10	15,166	1.1669%
1975	11	13,926	1.0837%
1976	12	14,491	1.1243%
1977	17	14,194	1.053%
1978	17	13,800	1.0264%
1979	17	14,547	1.0317%
1980	17	15,279	1.045%
1981	12	16,740	1.1388%
1982	15	15,728	1.0525%
1983	19	14,712	0.997%
1984	23	13,346	0.8972%
1985	25	12,702	0.8369%
1986	26	11,788	0.7809%
1987	25	11,631	0.7622%
1988	26	11,869	0.7616%
1989	24	12,433	0.7705%
1990	21	13,672	0.8249%
1991	21	13,298	0.8159%
1992	20	13,111	0.8214%
1993	22	12,318	0.7901%
1994	24	11,279	0.735%
1995	28	9,905	0.6572%
1996	24	10,624	0.7095%
1997	25	9,628	0.651%
1998	30	8,419	0.5625%
1999	38	7,428	0.496%
2000	39	7,063	0.4624%
2001	46	5,883	0.3904%
2002	54	5,212	0.3478%
2003	63	4,858	0.3193%
2004	69	4,456	0.2924%
2005	81	4,007	0.2621%
2006	96	3,560	0.2274%
2007	105	3,206	0.2032%
2008	119	2,901	0.1877%
2009	132	2,451	0.164%
2010	134	2,285	0.1586%
2011	148	2,097	0.1472%
2012	158	1,996	0.1401%
2013	175	1,784	0.1253%
2014	180	1,758	0.1207%
2015	186	1,687	0.1159%
2016	200	1,554	0.1078%
2017	210	1,399	0.1002%
2018	207	1,419	0.1033%
2019	258	1,216	0.0898%

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Names Like Rebecca

If you like Rebecca, you’ll love these other names like Rebecca.

What names are diminutives of Rebecca?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Rebecca sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Rebecca, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Becky	A diminutive of Rebecca, “the temptress with the tender trap.”	Hebrew
Reba	A diminutive form of Rebecca.

What names are variants of Rebecca?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Rebecca.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Becca		Modern
Beck	Stream	English
Becka	To bind	Hebrew
Beckah	To bind	Hebrew
Becke	To bind	Hebrew
Beckee	To bind	Hebrew
Becker	To bind	Hebrew
Beckey	To bind	Hebrew
Becki	To bind	Hebrew
Beckie	To bind	Hebrew
Becky	A diminutive of Rebecca, “the temptress with the tender trap.”	Hebrew
Beki	To bind	Hebrew

Bekka	To bind	Hebrew
Bekki	To bind	Hebrew
Bekkie	To bind	Hebrew
Reba	A diminutive form of Rebecca.
Rebakah	To bind	Hebrew
Rebba	To bind	Hebrew
Rebbeca	To bind	Hebrew
Rebbecca	To bind	Hebrew
Rebbecka	To bind	Hebrew
Rebbie	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeca	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeccah	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeccea	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeccka	To bind	Hebrew
Rebecha	To bind	Hebrew

Rebecka	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeckah	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeckia	To bind	Hebrew
Rebecky	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeha	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeka	To bind	Hebrew
Rebekah	To bind	Hebrew
Rebekha	To bind	Hebrew
Rebekka	To bind	Hebrew
Rebekkah	To bind	Hebrew
Rebekke	To bind	Hebrew
Rebeque	To bind	Hebrew
Ree	To bind	Hebrew
Reeba	To bind	Hebrew
Reveka	To bind	Hebrew

Revekah	To bind	Hebrew
Revekka	To bind	Hebrew
Rheba	To bind	Hebrew
Ribecca	To bind	Hebrew
Riva		Hebrew
Rivah	To bind	Hebrew
Rivalee	To bind	Hebrew
Rivekka	To bind	Hebrew
Rivi	To bind	Hebrew
Rivka	To bind	Hebrew
Rivkah	To bind	Hebrew
Rivy	To bind	Hebrew

Lists With Rebecca

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Siblings of Rebecca

Mamas with kids named Rebecca also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Katherine	Pure	Greek
Michael	Who is Like God?	Hebrew
Megan	Pearl	Welsh

Samuel	Name of God	Hebrew
Audrey	Noble strength	English

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Kayla Jul 18 at 6:27 pm

It was my mom’s name

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Samantha Jul 18 at 4:59 pm

Hehehehe The Originals. Her name is Rebecca Hope ?

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Karen Henshaw Apr 13 at 1:04 pm

It is a strong, bright, happy name. It suits our Rebecca Marie.

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