Rebekka

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Ρεβεκκα (Rebekka), a Greek form of the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah, Ribhqah), probably a name with Aramaic roots of uncertain meaning. Some proposals include:

1) 'snare' [1] [2]

2) 'bound' [3]

3) 'to entrap, entrapping' [1] [4]

4) 'heifer' [3]

5) 'feed up' [5]

6) From Akkadian rabāka = 'to be gentle' [5]

7) 'cattle stall' [6] [7]

8) 'cow' [6]

Related Names

     
Lippikka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Rebecca ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Rebecka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Rebekka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Rebekke ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Repe ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Repekka ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Reppa ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Rubekur ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese

See also Bekka, Reeta

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

1 October

Finland Finland

17 May

Norway Norway

1 October

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Rebekka
Accusative: Rebekku
Dative: Rebekku
Genitive: Rebekku
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Rebekka
Accusative: Rebekku
Dative: Rebekku
Genitive: Rebekku

Further Information

Bible

In the Old Testament, Rebekka was the wife of Isaak and the mother of Jakov

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Norway Norway[8] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1523 1882 0 0
Denmark Denmark[9] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1463 n.a. 0 n.a
Sweden Sweden[10] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 85 159 0 0
Finland Finland[11] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 2158 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[10][9][8][11]:Name statistics for Rebekka(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[8]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Rebekka(f)


Sources: [10] [9] [8] [11]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  5. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  6. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  7. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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