girl · hebrew and biblical
Rebecca
say it ruh-bek-uh
What Rebecca means
- Hebrew and Biblical perhaps 'to tie, bind', hence 'captivating'; wife of Isaac debated Torah, Hebrew Bible and New Testament: wife of Isaac, mother of Jacob and Esau
How popular it is
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 69 in Ireland (2017)
- no. 148 in Austria (2020)
- no. 151 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 159 in Northern Ireland (2025)
- no. 186 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 236 in Chile (2021)
- no. 257 in Norway (2020)
- no. 263 in Australia (2024)
In the United States it was most popular around 1970.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
Amanda Maite Lennon Love Zoya Milani Nayeli Amora Filipa Annabel Amaris Philippa
Rebecca in stories
- Resident Evil: Rebecca Chambers, the rookie field medic
- Ivanhoe: Rebecca, the brave Jewish healer
- Rebecca: Rebecca de Winter, the dead first wife of Daphne du Maurier's novel
- Ted Lasso: Rebecca Welton, the owner of AFC Richmond
- Rebecca: Rebecca de Winter, Maxim's dead first wife
- This Is Us: Rebecca Pearson, the Big Three's mother