Rebekah

Hebrew
"to tie, bind"

Rebekah Origin and Meaning

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

Many parents prefer this spelling of Rebecca, used in some versions of the Bible. Still, it's slipped considerably since its heyday in the eighties and nineties and fell off the US Top 1000 completely in 2023.

# 959 in the US

Rebekah Rank in US Top 1000

# 2537 on Nameberry

Rebekah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Rebekah

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Famous People Named Rebekah

  • Rebekah Welch
    wife of Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch
  • Rebekah Baines Johnson
    mother of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson
  • Rebekah Brooks
    English journalist and newspaper editor
  • Rebekah Elmaloglou
    Australian actress
  • Rebekah Staton
    English actress
  • Rebekah Sullivan
    American technologist/broadcast engineer
  • Rebekah Kochan
    American actress
  • Rebekah Kim
    aka Bekah, singer in Korean girl group After School

The name Rebekah in Pop Culture

  • Rebekah Mikaelson
    character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries" & ''The Originals''

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