Rebekha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rebekha

What is the meaning of the name Rebekha ?

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

Rebekha is Hebrew in Origin.

Rebekha is a modern respelling of Rebekah/Rebecca, from Hebrew Rivqah (רִבְקָה). The root rbq means “to tie/bind,” yielding senses of “bound,” “fastened,” and, by extension, “captivating” or “enchanting.” In the Hebrew Bible, Rebekah is the wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, giving the name long-standing religious and cultural resonance across Jewish and Christian traditions.

While Rebecca became widespread in Europe via the Latin Vulgate, English Bibles often kept Rebekah in the Old Testament; Puritans helped popularize it in the early modern period, with major revivals in the 19th and late 20th centuries. Rebekha remains a rare variant, seen occasionally in South Asian and Slavic contexts and in creative Anglophone spellings, but pronounced like Rebekah. International equivalents include Rivka (Hebrew), Yiddish Rivke, Rebeca (Spanish/Portuguese), Rebecca (French/Italian), Rebekka/Rebecka (Germanic and Nordic), and Revekka (Russian). Common diminutives are Becca, Becky, Bekah, and Bex.