Rebecca

E3910

Hebrew given name feminine given name given name

Rebecca is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning “to tie” or “to bind,” widely used in English-speaking countries.

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Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew given name ⓘ feminine given name ⓘ given name ⓘ
associatedWith	Hebrew name Rivqah ⓘ surface form: biblical figure Rebekah
category	English feminine given names ⓘ Hebrew feminine given names ⓘ feminine given names ⓘ
culturalUsage	Christian communities ⓘ Jewish communities ⓘ
etymologyFrom	Hebrew name Rivqah ⓘ
gender	feminine ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling	Rebeca ⓘ Rebekah ⓘ
hasDiminutive	Becky ⓘ surface form: Becca Becky ⓘ Bex ⓘ
hasInitial	R ⓘ
hasMeaning	to bind ⓘ to tie ⓘ
hasOrigin	Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Hebrew language
hasShortForm	Becky ⓘ surface form: Becca Becky ⓘ Bex ⓘ
hasSyllableCount	3 ⓘ
hasVariant	Rebeca ⓘ Rebekah ⓘ
nameDayTradition	Christian cultures ⓘ
popularity	widely used in English-speaking countries ⓘ
scriptureContext	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
stressPattern	re-BECK-a ⓘ
usedIn	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ English-speaking countries ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Becky → associatedFormalName → Rebecca ⓘ

Bex → associatedGivenName → Rebecca ⓘ

Al-Khalil → associatedWithFigure → Rebecca ⓘ

Pocahontas → baptismName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebeca → derivedFrom → Rebecca ⓘ

Becky → diminutiveOf → Rebecca ⓘ

Hebrew name Rivqah → equivalentName → Rebecca ⓘ

subject surface form: Rivqah

Becky Sauerbrunn → givenName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebecca Black → givenName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebecca De Mornay → givenName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebecca Hall → givenName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebecca Lobo → givenName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebecca Miller → givenName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebecca Nurse → givenName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebeca → hasRelatedName → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebeca → hasVariant → Rebecca ⓘ

Rebekah → hasVariantForm → Rebecca ⓘ

Becky → isHypocorism → Rebecca ⓘ

re-BECK-a → refersTo → Rebecca ⓘ

Becky → shortFormOf → Rebecca ⓘ

Bex → shortFormOf → Rebecca ⓘ