Rebecca

Alternative forms

 * Rebekah

Etymology
The Vulgate form of  biblical Rebekah;  רבקה ( Ribh'qah; Modern: Rivkah), "enchantingly beautiful", "captivating", "snare".

Proper noun

 * , in regular use since the Reformation.
 * 1) * 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:
 * They would say, if 'twas Rebecca,
 * That she is a little Quaker.
 * 1) * 1949 Henry Miller, Sexus, Grove Press 1965, ISBN 0802151809, page 312:
 * "What's her name?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca Valentine." The name Rebecca excited me. I had always wanted to meet a woman called Rebecca - and not Becky. ( Rebecca, Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like flowers, stars, constellations...)
 * 1) * 1997 Robert T. Tauber, Self-fulfilling Prophecy, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275955028, page 61:
 * Our daughter's name, Rebecca, summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David and Rebecca) have a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education.

Related terms

 * pet forms: Becky, Becca, Reba

Translations

 * Arabic: رفقة
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: Ρεβέκκα
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew: רבקה


 * Hungarian: Rebeka
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: リベカ
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ربه‌کا
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Proper noun

 * , an English style spelling of the Danish Rebekka.

Alternative forms

 * Rébecca

Proper noun

 * 1)  Rebekah.
 * , cognate to English Rebecca.

Proper noun

 * , an English style spelling of Rebekka.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Rebekah.
 * 2)  of biblical origin.

Anagrams

 * beccare
 * erbacce

Proper noun

 * , an English style spelling of Rebekka.

Proper noun

 * , an English style spelling of Rebecka.

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