Rebecca Forename
259th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,234,403 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Sudan
Rebecca Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew ‘noose', a common Jewish name, not used as a christian name until after the Reformation. It was much used in the 17th C. Sometimes abbreviated to Becky; Beck occurs in Brome’s The Sparagus Garden (1640).
Read More About This ForenameRebecca Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 790,295 | 1:459 | 79 |
| England | 100% | 181,849 | 1:306 | 62 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 171,234 | 1:1,037 | 171 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 158,350 | 1:73 | 9 |
| Philippines | 99% | 120,896 | 1:877 | 163 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 84,746 | 1:871 | 174 |
| Uganda | 100% | 72,489 | 1:565 | 109 |
| Ghana | 99% | 72,367 | 1:373 | 71 |
| Australia | - | 49,142 | 1:278 | 43 |
| Kenya | 100% | 48,295 | 1:959 | 195 |
| Israel | 100% | 41,367 | 1:203 | 18 |
| South Africa | 100% | 39,911 | 1:1,366 | 196 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 33,615 | 1:643 | 115 |
| Liberia | 99% | 31,684 | 1:139 | 19 |
| Canada | 100% | 30,869 | 1:1,073 | 245 |
| Sudan | 100% | 26,177 | 1:1,444 | 271 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 19,677 | 1:2,683 | 512 |
| Congo | 100% | 18,907 | 1:265 | 28 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 14,755 | 1:480 | 116 |
| Germany | 100% | 14,291 | 1:6,765 | 586 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 14,147 | 1:1,090 | 191 |
| Brazil | 100% | 12,929 | 1:16,570 | 1,615 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 12,544 | 1:650 | 74 |
| France | 100% | 12,322 | 1:5,394 | 460 |
| New Zealand | - | 11,161 | 1:406 | 81 |
| Wales | 100% | 10,580 | 1:292 | 61 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 8,207 | 1:11,887 | 1,709 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,555 | 1:2,237 | 443 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7,299 | 1:1,351 | 226 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 7,010 | 1:1,622 | 343 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6,485 | 1:825 | 172 |
| Haiti | 100% | 6,069 | 1:1,767 | 281 |
| Benin | 100% | 5,404 | 1:1,957 | 448 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,835 | 1:14,491 | 2,173 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,252 | 1:4,025 | 640 |
| India | 100% | 4,010 | 1:302,962 | 28,079 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,893 | 1:3,493 | 514 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,841 | 1:751 | 196 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,841 | 1:7,928 | 927 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,250 | 1:1,429 | 245 |
| Gabon | - | 3,047 | 1:618 | 115 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| China | - | 2,503 | 1:545,767 | 27,089 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,432 | 1:8,552 | 1,329 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,353 | 1:4,883 | 745 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,292 | 1:3,584 | 566 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,183 | 1:844 | 185 |
| Namibia | - | 2,063 | 1:1,165 | 243 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,923 | 1:16,023 | 2,199 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1,901 | 1:12,139 | 1,232 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,833 | 1:86,995 | 6,214 |
| Denmark | - | 1,832 | 1:3,084 | 449 |
| Togo | - | 1,813 | 1:3,993 | 652 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,788 | 1:1,222 | 214 |
| Zambia | - | 1,758 | 1:9,019 | 1,021 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,613 | 1:37,856 | 1,194 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,558 | 1:165,574 | 16,768 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,491 | 1:11,387 | 934 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,407 | 1:413 | 77 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,207 | 1:38,550 | 1,736 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,198 | 1:7,107 | 533 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,193 | 1:77,033 | 3,817 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,113 | 1:235 | 33 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1,103 | 1:16,663 | 1,606 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,015 | 1:7,638 | 674 |
| Malta | - | 926 | 1:464 | 108 |
| Poland | 100% | 895 | 1:42,488 | 1,190 |
| Norway | 100% | 880 | 1:5,832 | 659 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 814 | 1:8,786 | 981 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 788 | 1:7,142 | 870 |
| Singapore | 100% | 707 | 1:8,893 | 1,617 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 696 | 1:1,956 | 378 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 614 | 1:5,782 | 492 |
| Qatar | 100% | 598 | 1:3,963 | 612 |
| Romania | 100% | 596 | 1:33,644 | 2,142 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 593 | 1:17,591 | 1,733 |
| Guinea | 100% | 575 | 1:20,624 | 1,035 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 571 | 1:149 | 41 |
| Mexico | 100% | 445 | 1:278,976 | 4,219 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 440 | 1:54,022 | 7,961 |
| Fiji | - | 403 | 1:2,214 | 616 |
| Portugal | - | 397 | 1:26,224 | 1,139 |
| Bahamas | - | 382 | 1:1,045 | 262 |
| Oman | 100% | 363 | 1:11,319 | 1,265 |
| Swaziland | - | 359 | 1:3,622 | 724 |
| Finland | 100% | 357 | 1:15,359 | 980 |
| Guyana | 100% | 349 | 1:2,187 | 424 |
| Kuwait | - | 294 | 1:12,875 | 1,487 |
| Suriname | 100% | 280 | 1:1,974 | 460 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 238 | 1:8,571 | 1,251 |
| Guam | - | 220 | 1:730 | 139 |
| Greece | 100% | 214 | 1:51,096 | 1,763 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 214 | 1:908,213 | 16,659 |
| Jersey | 100% | 184 | 1:543 | 129 |
| Bahrain | - | 178 | 1:7,577 | 1,232 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 177 | 1:358 | 89 |
| Czechia | 100% | 168 | 1:63,430 | 937 |
| French Polynesia | - | 168 | 1:1,654 | 389 |
| Belize | 100% | 145 | 1:2,444 | 554 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 145 | 1:6,007 | 650 |
| Ecuador | - | 143 | 1:123,964 | 2,710 |
| Bermuda | - | 135 | 1:480 | 70 |
| Japan | - | 131 | 1:976,993 | 14,863 |
| Chile | 100% | 110 | 1:160,066 | 3,273 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 104 | 1:1,710 | 310 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 104 | 1:290,403 | 9,310 |
| South Korea | - | 96 | 1:57,754 | 3,662 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 90 | 1:607 | 101 |
| Iran | 100% | 87 | 1:902,263 | 8,139 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 87 | 1:1,261 | 253 |
| Panama | 100% | 81 | 1:48,229 | 3,269 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 79 | 1:60,354 | 2,448 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 75 | 1:434,980 | 7,748 |
| Russia | 95% | 75 | 1:1,923,116 | 13,165 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 74 | 1:97,795 | 2,497 |
| Grenada | 100% | 69 | 1:1,567 | 333 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 69 | 1:35,634 | 1,737 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 66 | 1:1,691 | 310 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 65 | 1:943 | 199 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 65 | 1:247,822 | 3,310 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 55 | 1:2,833 | 564 |
| Albania | 100% | 54 | 1:56,418 | 4,898 |
| Hungary | 100% | 51 | 1:191,996 | 1,030 |
| Estonia | 100% | 49 | 1:26,844 | 2,029 |
| Croatia | 100% | 44 | 1:95,843 | 2,406 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| Seychelles | - | 39 | 1:2,376 | 540 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:1,385 | 190 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Jordan | 100% | 30 | 1:294,226 | 3,082 |
| Iraq | 100% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Macau | - | 26 | 1:23,393 | 397 |
| Peru | 100% | 25 | 1:1,271,658 | 15,483 |
| Turkey | 100% | 24 | 1:3,241,738 | 18,175 |
| El Salvador | - | 23 | 1:275,730 | 3,338 |
| Iceland | 100% | 23 | 1:15,914 | 1,219 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 22 | 1:1,721 | 303 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 22 | 1:4,210,142 | 3,505 |
| Senegal | 100% | 20 | 1:729,068 | 7,924 |
| Honduras | 100% | 18 | 1:489,859 | 7,529 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Argentina | 100% | 14 | 1:3,055,232 | 9,516 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Luxembourg | - | 13 | 1:43,388 | 1,811 |
| Nepal | - | 13 | 1:2,191,335 | 33,475 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 13 | 1:462,949 | 8,230 |
| Cambodia | - | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Dominica | - | 12 | 1:6,289 | 340 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 12 | 1:442,505 | 2,107 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 10 | 1:1,815 | 293 |
| Myanmar | - | 10 | 1:5,194,827 | 1,419 |
| Niger | 100% | 10 | 1:1,918,399 | 23,776 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Monaco | - | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 4 | 1:206,232 | 3,492 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Rébecca (617), Rèbecca (77), Rebécca (6), Rebècca (2), Rebeccá (1), Rébécca (488) & Rèbècca (6) are calculated separately.
Rebecca (19,054) may also be a surname.
Rebecca Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew ‘noose', a common Jewish name, not used as a christian name until after the Reformation. It was much used in the 17th C. Sometimes abbreviated to Becky; Beck occurs in Brome’s The Sparagus Garden (1640).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
REBEKAH. Hebrew, ‘a snare’ (lit., ‘a noosed cord’), from rabak, ‘to bind.’ The Hebrew origin (ribka) is probably intended to intimate the firmness of the marriage-bond; utter loyalty to family is recognised by Gentiles to be one of the Jews’ most distinctive badges, just as generosity is, by those who know, admitted to be another, as indeed it is for the Scot. Both Jews and Scots have a marked sense of humour: hence the best stories about meanness and avarice are invented and spread by East-Enders and Aberdonians.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew רִבְקָה, Ribhkáh, signifying a rope with a noose; from Arab, rabikat, which Tregelles says is not unfit as the name of a girl who ensnares men by her beauty. The nicknames or pet-names are Beck, Becky, and Reka.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Meaning: Greek for Re bek'ah.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: A troth: peacemaker: a noose or snare: very beautiful. Some authorities give this as of uncertain etymology.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
A feminine given name originating from the Hebrew language, meaning 'to tie firmly'
- rebeRebecca Forename Popularity
Rebecca Demographics
Average Rebecca Salary in
United States
$43,024 USD
Per year
Rank:
210,431 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.220761
Rank: 80 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
98.84%
Sample size: 422,988 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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