Given name
Rébecca
“she who got what she desired”
Rébecca is a feminine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rébecca goes back to Latin Rebecca, meaning “she who got what she desired.”
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Where it comes from
In French use, Rébecca is a variant of Rebecca. Rebecca has been associated with Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
In French use, Rébecca is a variant of Rebecca. The history of Rebecca gives this family its wider story. Rebecca has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Rébecca’s family of names
In French usage, Rébecca has a diminutive in Becky. Rébecca has a related form in Rebecca. In French usage, Rébecca has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rebecca.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rébecca has relatives in 22 languages.
18 related names in 22 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- RebecaRomanian, Portuguese
- RebekaCzech, Polish
- RebeckaSwedish
- RebekkaGerman, Norwegian
- РевеккаRussian
- РебеккаRussian
- ربهکاPersian
- リベカJapanese
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People named Rébecca
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