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.

Rebecca Rank in US Top 1000

# 342 in the US

Rebecca Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 220 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Rebecca

• 342 US 2024
• 220 Nameberry 2025
• 349 England 2023
• 144 Scotland 2022
• 92 Ireland 2020
• 142 Germany 2016
• 25 Italy 2023

20 Names Similar to Rebecca

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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

The name 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
• "Rebecca" novel by Daphne du Maurier
• Rebecca character in anime "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners"
• Rebecca "Bec" Light Nonbinary character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"

International Variations of the name Rebecca

• Rebecka Nordic
• Rebekka German
• Rive Israeli
• Réba French
• Revekka Russian
• Reveka Greek
• Rébecca French
• Revkah Israeli
• Revka Israeli
• Rebeca Spanish
• Reveca Romanian
• Rebekah German
• Rifka Yiddish
• Rebeka Hungarian