Entry № 8757 · Hebrew origin

Rivkah Rivkah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RIV-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Rebecca (Hebrew biblical matriarch + Isaac's wife)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "rebecca (hebrew biblical matriarch + isaac's wife)".

Rivkah is from the Hebrew Rivqāh (רִבְקָה — to bind, captivate).

To bind / captivate (Hebrew).

The name in its native script.

רִבְקָה
Transliteration
Rivqāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɪv.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rivkah stands.

Rivkah 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.

Rivkahs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rivkah (Rebecca)
Hebrew biblical second matriarch + Isaac's wife.

Names connected to Rivkah.

The number behind Rivkah.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rivkah reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.