Rebecca

Hebrew
"to tie, bind"

Rebecca Origin and Meaning

The name Rebecca is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "to tie, bind".

Rebecca is a name representing beauty in the Bible, an Old Testament classic that reached the heights of revived popularity in the seventies but is still a well-used choice. It derives from the Hebrew name Rivkah, from the verb ribbqah, meaning "noose." The biblical Rebecca was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob. Rebekah was a common spelling of the name in the Bible.

The Becca short form is more stylish now than homespun Becky. Nickname Becky is a staple in such classics as A Little Princess, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Vanity Fair, while the full form features in the eponymous Daphne du Maurier novel, in Ivanhoe, and in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.

Rebecca remains one of the top girls' names starting with R.

# 317 in the US

Rebecca Rank in US Top 1000

# 249 on Nameberry

Rebecca Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Rebecca Popularity

Famous People Named Rebecca

  • Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundsröm
    Swedish actress
  • Rebecca Alie Romijn
    American actress and model
  • Rebecca Skloot
    American writer
  • Rebecca Sophia Clarke
    American children's author
  • Rebecca Clarke
    English composer
  • Rebecca West (born Cicely Isabel Fairfield)
    English author
  • Rebecca Jane De Mornay
    American actress
  • Rebecca Miller
    American film director
  • Rebecca Minkoff
    American fashion designer
  • Rebecca Gayheart
    American actress
  • Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon
    American basketball player
  • Rebecca Renee Black
    American pop singer
  • Rebecca Quin aka Becky Lynch
    Irish pro wrestler
  • Rebecca Melise "Becca" Tobin
    American actress and singer
  • Rebecca Emily "Becca" Hollcraft
    American singer of band Stars in Stereo
  • Rebecca Lynn "Becca" Bradley
    American Christian singer
  • Rebecca Akosua Acheampomaa Acheampong aka Becca
    Ghanaian singer
  • Rebecca "Becky" Rosso
    English actress; twin sister Milly Rosso
  • Rebecca Adlington OBE
    Olympic medal winning swimmer
  • Rebecca Field
    American actress
  • Rebecca June "Bec" Cartwright
    Australian actress
  • Rebecca Byler
    ex,Amish woman (reality show "Breaking Amish")
  • Rebecca Krohn
    American ballerina
  • Rebecca St. James
    Australian Christian singer
  • Rebecca Marino
    Canadian tennis player
  • Rebecca Hall
    English,American actress
  • Rebecca Rittenhouse
    American actress
  • Rebecca Claire "Becky" Hill
    English pop singer
  • Rebecca "Becky" Downie
    British gymnast
  • Rebecca Treston aka Becky Bayless
    American professional wrestler
  • Rebecca Elizabeth "Becky" Sauerbrunn
    American soccer player
  • Rebecca Ann "Becca" Moros
    American soccer player
  • Rebecca "Becky" Edwards
    American soccer player
  • Rebecca Welles Manning
    daughter of Rita Hayworth & Orson Welles
  • Rebecca Quinn
    Canadian soccer player
  • Rebecca Gergalo
    Finnish rhythmic gymnast
  • Rebecca Shoichet
    Canadian actress

Rebecca in Pop Culture

  • Rebecca de Winter
    character in "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
  • Rebecca Rowena Randall
    character in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," by Kate Douglas Wiggins
  • Rebecca "Bex" Baxter
    character in "Gallagher Girls" by Ally Carter
  • Rebecca Louise Chadwick
    character in "The Mother,Daughter Book Club"
  • Rebecca Howe
    character on TV's "Cheers"
  • Rebecca Rubin
    American Girl doll
  • Rebecca Chambers
    character in "Resident Evil"
  • Rebecca Crane
    character in "Assassin's Creed"
  • Rebecca Donaldson
    Katsopolis, Jesse's wife on TV's "Full House"
  • Rebecca "Becky" Bloomwood
    character in "Confessions of a Shopaholic"
  • Rebecca "Becky" Connor
    Healy, character on "Roseanne"
  • Rebecca "Bex" Mack
    character on Disney's Andi Mack
  • Rebecca Cotswolds
    character on South Park
  • Rebecca Sutter
    character on "How to Get Away with Murder"
  • Rebecca
    character in "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott
  • Rebecca "Beca" Mitchell
    main character in "Pitch Perfect"
  • Rebecca "Newt" Jorden
    character in the movie "Aliens"
  • Rebecca Granger
    character on TV's "Recovery Road"
  • Rebecca Bunch
    lead character on TV's "Crazy Ex,Girlfriend"
  • Rebecca "Becky" Barnes
    character in the movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
  • Rebecca
    character in the movie "Lights Out"
  • "Rebecca Lynn
    " song by Bryan White
  • "Rebecca Came Back from Mecca
    " 1921 pop song
  • "Rebecca
    " song by Tesla Boy
  • Rebecca
    Japanese pop band