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Baby Name Rebecca |
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Meaning of Rebecca - What does the name Rebecca means? |
Pronunciation: |
reh-beh-kah | |
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Gender: |
Girl Name |
Origin: |
English |
Name Meaning: |
From the Ecclesiastic Late Latin and Ecclesiastic Greek Rhebekka, which is derived from the Hebrew ribbqah (noose), from rahak (to bind, to tie). The name, borne in the Bible by the wife of Isaac, was not used in England until after the Reformation in the 16th century |
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American, English, French, Italian, Hebrew, Scottish |
Variants: | Rebekah. | Shortened forms: | Becca. | Pet forms: | Becky, |
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