Rebecca as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rebecca

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The baby name Rebecca is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /rɪˈbɛkə/ (rih-BEK-ə).

Rebecca is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Female

Syllables: 3.0

Origin: Hebrew

Pronunciation: /rɪˈbɛkə/ (rih-BEK-ə)

What is the meaning of the name Rebecca ?

The baby name Rebecca is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /rɪˈbɛkə/ (rih-BEK-ə).

Rebecca is Hebrew in Origin.

From Hebrew Rivqah (רִבְקָה), Rebecca is commonly interpreted as “to tie” or “bind,” yielding senses like “joined,” “firmly bound,” and by extension “captivating.” It names the biblical matriarch, wife of Isaac and mother of Esau and Jacob, which anchored the name in Jewish and Christian traditions. Through Greek Rebekka and Latin Rebecca, the name entered European languages; English preserves two scriptural spellings, Rebecca and Rebekah.

Adopted in England after the Reformation and favored among Puritans, it remained steady, saw renewed visibility from Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe and Daphne du Maurier’s novel/film Rebecca, and enjoyed broad popularity in the late 20th century in the US and UK. International forms include Rivka (Hebrew), Rebeca (Spanish/Portuguese), Rébecca (French), Rebecka/Rebekka (Scandinavian/German), and Rebecca (Italian). Nicknames: Becca, Becky, Becs, Beca, and Reba.

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Rebecca	Brando	Movita Castaneda	singer	★★★★★	Marlon Brando	television actor	★★★★★
Rebecca	Welles	Rita Hayworth	television actor	★★★★★	Orson Welles	film director	★★★★★
Rebecca	Walker	Alice Walker	film producer	★★★★★
Rebecca	Augusta Laurie				Hugh Laurie	film director	★★★★★

Rebecca – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Girls	2025	#1	—	874
Germany	Girls	2025	#1	—	411
FJ	Girls	0	#8	2	583
BI		0	#12	1	425
HT		0	#12	1	399
HT	Girls	0	#14	10	950
ET	Girls	0	#15	2	372
BF	Girls	0	#17	1	315
BW		0	#19	1	960
GH	Girls	0	#23	1,630	6,973
IT	Girls	2024	#25	1,231	47
KR	Boys	0	#27	1	897
MO		0	#29	24	2,706
NA		0	#30	4	2,537
BN		0	#31	2	2,297
BI	Girls	0	#32	2	726
MT		0	#32	12	1,767
EE		0	#37	1	1,051
MT	Girls	0	#48	127	3,773
PR		0	#48	8	1,497
CM		0	#49	8	2,592
CN		0	#51	35	3,857
Austria	Girls	1997	#54	153	59
CY		0	#54	7	1,632
GH		0	#57	280	5,396
TW		0	#58	43	4,523
LU		0	#59	8	2,830
BW	Girls	0	#60	99	4,216
New Zealand	Girls	2010	#68	44	98
TW	Girls	0	#69	277	8,139
IN		0	#71	1	2,963
JP		0	#72	6	4,057
AZ	Girls	0	#75	1	1,051
AO		0	#76	2	2,729
SI		0	#77	4	1,612
CY	Girls	0	#80	42	3,755
MO	Girls	0	#80	209	7,056
QA		0	#80	21	7,011
BG		0	#81	2	1,799
BN	Girls	0	#84	23	5,459
CN	Girls	0	#88	479	8,829
ID	Girls	0	#88	11	3,319
ZA	Girls	0	#88	5,413	25,928
HK	Girls	0	#89	1,914	16,104
MD	Girls	0	#92	1	865
JM		0	#93	1	3,714
KZ		0	#94	1	1,452
NA	Girls	0	#95	149	7,146
OM		0	#100	17	6,215
CR		0	#104	55	5,526
HK		0	#104	352	8,483
PH		0	#104	7	5,607
GE	Girls	0	#107	2	1,564
NG	Girls	0	#111	3,171	15,093
HU		0	#114	2	1,675
KW		0	#119	3	5,216
SG	Girls	0	#121	949	18,916
Norway	Girls	2025	#122	5	453
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#122	14	1,786
DK	Girls	0	#125	280	7,429
EE	Boys	0	#125	1	2,087
PH	Girls	0	#125	338	13,098
PR	Girls	0	#126	37	3,171
SG		0	#126	156	11,010
MU		0	#132	6	3,613
GR		0	#133	3	3,911
EE	Girls	0	#134	9	1,888
ID	Boys	0	#135	1	4,130
DK		0	#136	71	5,198
PA		0	#136	3	3,797
AE		0	#139	39	10,220
Germany	Girls	0	#139	2,909	4,949
JO		0	#140	1	2,158
Austria	Girls	0	#141	543	1,885
LU	Girls	0	#157	29	4,850
Austria		0	#158	57	850
Belgium	Girls	2023	#165	26	419
IT	Girls	0	#165	15,776	9,415
Sweden	Girls	2022	#172	8	1,568
SI	Girls	0	#173	5	2,769
HR		0	#174	8	2,081
PS		0	#174	45	5,692
Canada	Girls	2024	#180	108	2,795
UY		0	#181	2	2,477
CZ		0	#183	4	3,154
CM	Girls	0	#185	552	11,671
Germany		0	#187	341	2,542
AO	Girls	0	#188	22	4,575
RU		0	#189	6	3,641
AR		0	#191	3	2,915
IL		0	#198	78	6,291
LT	Girls	0	#199	2	1,904
QA	Girls	0	#200	118	15,378
JP	Girls	0	#207	39	6,592
NG		0	#207	58	5,926
GR	Girls	0	#209	34	6,293
HU	Girls	0	#210	14	3,308
JM	Girls	0	#221	39	7,507
NL	Girls	0	#222	1,735	5,933
AL	Girls	0	#225	3	4,141
AE	Girls	0	#226	369	20,968
IR		0	#226	6	4,221
MY		0	#229	106	12,352
BG	Girls	0	#230	2	3,559
MO	Boys	0	#234	1	5,842
PT		0	#235	12	4,161
OM	Girls	0	#236	163	15,987
MU	Girls	0	#237	115	8,539
BD		0	#239	3	5,992
Finland	Girls	0	#244	182	1,368
HR	Girls	0	#246	44	3,687
NA	Boys	0	#247	7	6,830
AO	Boys	0	#249	1	5,568
CR	Girls	0	#249	360	11,342
KW	Girls	0	#249	289	19,177
NL		0	#251	146	2,481
TW	Boys	0	#253	4	7,111
EC	Girls	0	#257	2	3,650
HR	Boys	0	#259	1	3,997
IT		0	#274	846	4,183
ZA		0	#277	171	14,421
Finland		0	#281	27	830
SA		0	#281	15	10,560
SD	Girls	0	#290	56	7,678
MY	Girls	0	#294	1,212	24,821
KZ	Boys	0	#296	1	6,578
LB		0	#296	492	13,263
United States	Girls	2024	#301	910	8,487
Canada	Boys	1991	#301	7	1,696
JO	Girls	0	#306	20	7,570
BR		0	#309	37	5,969
France	Girls	2021	#314	94	3,185
CZ	Girls	0	#315	27	5,378
GH	Boys	0	#315	31	8,138
KZ	Girls	0	#325	8	5,862
PE		0	#326	4	6,350
Finland	Girls	2026	#327	890	3,895
PS	Girls	0	#329	214	10,981
CN	Boys	0	#331	1	9,639
IL	Girls	0	#331	348	11,648
GT		0	#336	3	5,948
PL	Girls	0	#360	5	5,096
BD	Girls	0	#364	23	8,413
PT	Boys	0	#381	1	7,951
MX		0	#386	28	8,339
Spain		0	#393	60	2,326
PT	Girls	0	#394	58	7,952
YE		0	#395	4	8,639
CL		0	#397	15	6,867
PH	Boys	0	#405	4	11,440
EG		0	#406	7	6,387
BO		0	#408	1	6,868
PA	Girls	0	#447	35	9,861
RU	Girls	0	#452	47	11,913
SD	Boys	0	#462	5	10,523
BH		0	#477	77	17,937
GT	Girls	0	#488	18	7,500
UY	Girls	0	#488	23	6,731
SA	Girls	0	#495	480	25,931
IR	Girls	0	#506	25	8,334
CO		0	#510	1	7,768
HK	Boys	0	#516	12	12,905
IQ	Girls	0	#518	8	11,303
LY		0	#521	15	12,703
RU	Boys	0	#521	6	12,621
IN	Girls	0	#524	108	13,121
CM	Boys	0	#535	16	12,054
Spain	Girls	0	#546	513	5,561
BR	Girls	0	#554	466	12,708
PS	Boys	0	#559	3	10,655
AR	Girls	0	#577	23	8,289
BO	Girls	0	#585	27	9,488
IL	Boys	0	#623	3	10,983
SG	Boys	0	#688	10	17,960
BR	Boys	0	#742	10	12,213
QA	Boys	0	#742	2	18,093
CL	Girls	0	#743	109	14,098
KW	Boys	0	#754	16	18,755
SY		0	#765	3	11,684
TN		0	#790	40	13,765
MX	Girls	0	#851	351	17,781
PE	Girls	0	#858	86	14,861
OM	Boys	0	#870	12	17,948
EG	Girls	0	#871	89	14,742
United States	Boys	2017	#879	7	7,410
NG	Boys	0	#914	38	16,906
EG	Boys	0	#924	2	15,035
CO	Girls	0	#1,024	55	16,140
MX	Boys	0	#1,031	3	16,355
IN	Boys	0	#1,039	1	16,750
ZA	Boys	0	#1,045	134	25,619
MA		0	#1,056	73	20,986
MY	Boys	0	#1,095	17	25,439
AE	Boys	0	#1,138	6	22,615
DZ		0	#1,146	31	20,130
TR		0	#1,176	36	19,440
IT	Boys	0	#1,367	105	10,046
SA	Boys	0	#1,598	17	28,008

Rebecca is popular in 95 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Ireland

Norway

Scotland, United Kingdom

Canada

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

Wallonia, Belgium

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

England & Wales, United Kingdom

Germany

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New South Wales, Australia

New Zealand

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

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