Given name
Rebekka
“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”
Rebekka is a feminine given name from Hebrew, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare.” It is used in German, Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Finnish, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rebekka means “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Rebekka is a variant of Rebecca. Rebecca has been associated with Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Rebekka developed from Rebecca.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rebekka 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
Rebekka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,061
- 0 boys · 2,061 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 93 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −61%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 93 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,013 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.
Rebekka’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Rebekka developed from the Latin form Rebecca. In German usage, Rebekka has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rebekah. In Dutch usage, Rebekka has a related form in Rebecca.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rebekka has relatives in 41 languages.
19 related names in 41 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rebekka
- Rebekka HaaseGerman sprinterborn 1993
- Rebekka BakkenNorwegian singer, songwriter and music producerborn 1970
- Lin JaldatiDutch-German singer and actor (1912-1988)
- Rebekka KarijordNorwegian musician and composerborn 1976
- Rebekka KadijkDutch volleyball and beach volleyball playerborn 1979
- Rebekka GuðleifsdóttirIcelandic artistborn 1978
- Rebekka HabermasGerman historian (1959-2023)
- Rebekka ArmstrongAmerican model and bodybuilderborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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