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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 |
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Scottish |
| Name Meaning: |
From the Ecclesiastic Late Latin and Ecclesiastic Greek Rhebekka, which is derived from the Hebrew ribbqah (noose), from rabak (to bind, to tie). The name, borne in the Bible by the wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, was not used in the British Isles until after the Reformation in the 16th century. In Scotland the name has been used to Anglicize the Gaelic Beathag (life). See Beathag |
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