Rebekah Forename
14,838th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 64,843 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands
Rebekah 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 ForenameRebekah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 48,232 | 1:7,517 | 906 |
| England | 100% | 5,514 | 1:10,084 | 798 |
| Australia | - | 2,568 | 1:5,318 | 681 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,421 | 1:124,957 | 6,492 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,412 | 1:23,466 | 2,023 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,199 | 1:3,783 | 601 |
| Brazil | 100% | 531 | 1:403,458 | 14,240 |
| Wales | 100% | 365 | 1:8,478 | 754 |
| South Africa | 100% | 337 | 1:161,818 | 11,126 |
| Philippines | 99% | 286 | 1:370,663 | 13,607 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Scotland | 100% | 242 | 1:22,109 | 1,022 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| India | 100% | 197 | 1:6,166,893 | 219,324 |
| Northern Ireland | 96% | 173 | 1:10,654 | 784 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 145 | 1:9,389 | 1,407 |
| Ireland | 100% | 138 | 1:33,649 | 1,311 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 127 | 1:239,763 | 13,114 |
| Indonesia | - | 114 | 1:2,262,839 | 112,439 |
| Kenya | - | 113 | 1:409,797 | 12,460 |
| Thailand | 100% | 110 | 1:636,962 | 27,637 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 74 | 1:140,963 | 6,526 |
| China | - | 71 | 1:19,240,222 | 60,310 |
| Guyana | 100% | 70 | 1:10,904 | 1,628 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Singapore | 100% | 61 | 1:103,066 | 7,456 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 55 | 1:307,311 | 9,515 |
| South Korea | 100% | 55 | 1:100,808 | 5,118 |
| Ethiopia | - | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Liberia | 100% | 44 | 1:100,274 | 4,358 |
| Germany | 100% | 38 | 1:2,544,155 | 13,368 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 35 | 1:932,100 | 11,860 |
| France | 100% | 33 | 1:2,014,253 | 11,794 |
| Uganda | 100% | 32 | 1:1,279,904 | 20,143 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Jamaica | - | 22 | 1:131,056 | 5,047 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Sweden | 100% | 21 | 1:469,424 | 12,247 |
| Hong Kong | - | 20 | 1:387,636 | 3,995 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 16 | 1:509,520 | 38,497 |
| Mexico | 100% | 15 | 1:8,276,295 | 27,186 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Denmark | - | 13 | 1:434,577 | 7,147 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| Congo | 100% | 10 | 1:500,920 | 8,695 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| Norway | - | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7 | 1:1,641,434 | 16,483 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Russia | 100% | 7 | 1:20,604,815 | 59,831 |
| Spain | - | 7 | 1:6,647,138 | 16,660 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Italy | - | 5 | 1:12,212,418 | 34,417 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Finland | 75% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
Rebekah (38) may also be a surname.
Rebekah 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
Hebrew (feminine) - One who draws as with a noose.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Re-bek'-kah, fat, fed, quarrel appeased. A daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac, and mother of Esau and Jacob. Gen. xxv. 21, 22.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: tying.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
User-submitted Reference
A feminine given name originating from the Hebrew language, meaning 'to tie firmly'
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