Entry № 8602 · Portuguese origin

Rebeca Rebeca — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ reh-BEH-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Portuguese
Meaning
"To bind (Rebeca Andrade, Brazilian gymnast, 2024 Paris all-around silver)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Portuguese)

A name that means "to bind (rebeca andrade, brazilian gymnast, 2024 paris all-around silver)".

Rebeca is the Portuguese and Spanish form of Rebekah / Rebecca — from the Hebrew Rivkah ("to bind, ensnare," implying something captivating). 2024 Time 100 Most Influential People. Rebeca Linares — Spanish actress. Rebeca Mendoza — Mexican violinist.

To bind (Rebeca Andrade, Brazilian gymnast, 2024 Paris all-around silver) — a Portuguese name.

The name in its native script.

Rebeca
Transliteration
Rebeca
Pronunciation
/ rɛˈbɛ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rebeca stands.

Rebeca does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rebecas before her.

Real people
Rebeca Andrade
Brazilian Olympic gymnast.
born 1999
In fiction
Rebeca
Various Brazilian literature.

Names connected to Rebeca.

The number behind Rebeca.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rebeca reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.