Rebecca

Rébecca English Alternative forms en Rebeccah Rebekah Rebekka Etymology The Vulgate (en la -) form of biblical en Rebekah, from en he רִבְקָה enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare Rivka. Pronunciation en /ɹɪˈbɛkə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rebecca.wav Southern England en ɛkə 3 Proper noun s en female the Bible < Hebrew, in regular use since the Reformation. Romans 9 10-12 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. en 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name They would say, if 'twas Rebecca,That she is a little Quaker. 312 "What's her name?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca Valentine." The name Rebecca excited me. I had always wanted to meet a woman called Rebecca—and not Becky. (Rebecca, Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like flowers, stars, constellations…) en 1997 Robert T. Tauber Self-fulfilling Prophecy Greenwood Publishing Group 0275955028 61 Our daughter's name, Rebecca, summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David and Rebecca) have a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education. Usage notes The spelling en Rebecca originates from the Latin Vulgate, which from the 4th century onward was the Bible that was used for centuries in Western Christianity. When the King James Version appeared in 1611, the spelling en Rebekah was used in the Old Testament, but the spelling en Rebecca was retained in the New Testament. Derived terms en Rebeccaism Becky, Becca, Reba, Bex, Bec pet forms Rebecca purple Translations female given name Albanian: sq Rebéka f, sq Revéka f Arabic: ar رِفْقَة Armenian: hy Ռեբեկա Burmese: my ရေဗက္ကာ Cherokee: chr ᎵᏇᎩ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 麗貝卡 Danish: da Rebecca Esperanto: eo Rebeka Finnish: fi Rebekka French: fr Rébecca German: de Rebekka Greek: el Ρεβέκκα, el Ρεμπέκα transliteration from English Ancient Greek: grc Ῥεβέκκα Greenlandic: kl Lippikka Hawaiian: haw Lepeka Hebrew: he רִבְקָה f Rivka Hindi: hi रेबेका f Hungarian: hu Rebeka Italian: it Rebecca Japanese: ja レベッカ Rebekka Māori: mi Rīpeka Marathi: mr रेबेका f Norwegian: no Rebekka Persian: fa ربه‌کا rebe-kâ Polish: pl Rebeka f Portuguese: pt Rebeca f Russian: ru Реве́кка f, ru Ребе́кка f Rebɛ́kka Spanish: es Rebeca Swedish: sv Rebecka Urdu: ur ربیکا f rabekā Yiddish: yi רבֿקה f Rivke Noun en historical One who protested in the Rebecca Riots; a Rebeccaite. en 2019 Marsha R. Robinson Disobedient Histories in Ancient and Modern Times 82 Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates. en eponyms en Biblical characters Danish Proper noun da proper noun da female, an English style spelling of the Danish Rebekka Dutch Alternative forms nl Rebekka Etymology Borrowed from nl la Rebecca, from nl he רִבְקָה rivká. Pronunciation nl Nl-Rebecca.ogg Proper noun f nl female Hebrew Related terms nl Rivka French Alternative forms fr Rébecca Pronunciation Rébécca Proper noun f fr biblical character Rebekah Biblical character fr female Rebecca German Pronunciation de De-Rebecca.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de female English < Biblical Hebrew Rebekka Italian Etymology From it he רִבְקָה enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare Riḇqāh. Pronunciation Rebècca Proper noun f Rebekah Biblical character it female of biblical origin Anagrams it abcceer beccare erbacce it Biblical characters Latin Etymology la Rebecca :bor grc-koi:Ῥεβέκκα<ety:uder<hbo:רִבְקָה<tr:Riḇqāh>>> 2 1 Pronunciation Rebecca yes Proper noun Rebecca<1> la female Hebrew Declension Rebecca<1> Norwegian Bokmål Alternative forms nb Rebekka Etymology nb la Rebecca, from nb grc Ῥεβέκκα, ultimately from nb hbo רִבְקָה Rivqā. The meaning and deeper origin of the Hebrew name are uncertain; it may be of Aramaic origin. In Norwegian, the spelling is used as a variant of nb Rebekka and corresponds to the traditional Latinized and English spelling. The surname is transferred from the given name. Cognate with da Rebecca, sv Rebecca, fi Rebecca, de Rebecca, nl Rebecca, en Rebecca and it Rebecca. Pronunciation nb /reˈbɛkːa/ [ɾəˈbɛkːɑ] nb ɛkːa 3 nb Re bec ca Proper noun nb proper noun nb female Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English en Rebecca nb given names from the female given name Usage notes As a spelling variant of nb Rebekka, nb Rebecca is associated with the Norwegian name day on 1 October; the names listed for that date are nb Rebekka and nb Remi.no Liste over norske navnedager Statistics As of 1 January 2026, 2,460 women registered in Norway had nb Rebecca as their first given name, including 1,653 who had it as their sole given name.“Navn”, Statistics Norway; data from the Norwegian Population Register as of 1 January 2026, published 28 January 2026. As of the same date, 5 people registered in Norway had nb Rebecca as their surname. References “Rebecca” at Nordic Names. “Rebekka” at Nordic Names. Swedish Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Rebecca.wav sv ²ɛka 3 Proper noun c sv female, an English style spelling of Rebecka