Rebecca
f.
Hebrew רִבְקָה 'connection', from Proto-Semitic *r-b-q 'to join, couple, tie'.
The name of a Biblical matriarch. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Rebecca.
The name came into use in England in the scond half of the 16th C, and was never common elsewhere.
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1571 Rebecca AuFr s'Broeders;
1576 Rebecca ibid. Crucen;
1582 Rebecca ibid. Francken;
1593 Rebecca ibid. Clouens;
1594 Rebecca ibid. Gast;
1595 Rebecca ibid. Fusijn;
1596 Rebecca ibid. Duijman;
1597 Rebecca ibid. Eechout
- Early Modern English
- ● 1571/2 Rebecca RegBisham p. 3;
1572 Rebecca SaxhamSf p. 56;
1575 Rebecka StAnthonlin p. 24;
1576 Rebecka ibid. p. 25;
1578 Rebecka ibid. p. 27;
1580 Rebecca HAmar-vol9 p. 15,
Rebecka CAmar-vol1 p. 3;
1585 Rebecca bruton-vol1 p. 46;
1590 Rebecca DEmar-vol2 p. 20;
1592 Rebecca HAmar-vol9 p. 15;
1593 Rebecca DEmar-vol2 p. 26;
1594 Rebecca ibid. p. 29
- France
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- Middle French
- ● 1567 Rebeca RegPCC-1 p. 289;
1568 Rebeca ibid. p. 363
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Rebecca". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Rebecca.