Rebekah
Pronunciation: rə-BEH-kə (key)
Origin of the name Rebecca:
From the Ecclesiastic Late Latin and Ecclesiastic Greek Rhebekka, which is derived from the Hebrew ribbqāh (noose), from rabak (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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Global Popularity of the Name Rebekah
- #224 in Scotland
- #242 in Canada (Alberta)
- #354 in United States
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