Given name & surname
Rebeka
Rebeka is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Polish, Czech, Estonian, Lithuanian, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rebeka is a variant of Rebecca. Rebecca has been associated with Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Rebecca, from Biblical Hebrew רִבְקָה.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rebeka is a variant of Rebecca. The history of Rebecca gives this family its wider story. Rebecca has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rebeka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,660
- 0 boys · 2,660 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 93 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,242 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,242 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 42.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,860 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rebeka’s family of names
In Czech usage, Rebeka has a diminutive in Rebečka. Rebeka has a related form in Rebecca. In Czech usage, Rebeka has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rebecca.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rebeka has relatives in 9 languages.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- RebekahEnglish
- Rebecaequivalent
- Rebeckaequivalent
- RebekkaGerman
- ΡεβέκκαGreek
- RébeccaFrench
- РевеккаRussian
- רִבְקָהHebrew
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See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rebeka
- Rebeka DremeljSlovenian singer, actor and modelborn 1980
- Rebeka IbrahimaLatvian weightlifterborn 1998
- Rebeka MasarovaSpanish tennis playerborn 1999
- Rebeka KimSouth Korean figure skaterborn 1998
- Rebeka NjauKenyan artist, playwright and novelistborn 1932
- Rebeka MikulášikováSlovak basketball player (born 1999)
- Rebeka JančováSlovak female alpine skierborn 2003
- Rebeka SzabóHungarian politicianborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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