Rebecca
A Hebrew name meaning "to bind" or "to tie". In Poland it stays rare: only about 340 women carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Rebecca Pronunciation
Rebecca is pronounced re-BETS-tsah (/rɛˈbɛt͡st͡sa/).
What Rebecca means
Where Rebecca comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rebecca comes from Hebrew, from the name Rivka carried by the wife of Isaac in the Book of Genesis. Scholars link it to a root meaning to bind or to tie, the sense given in Polish as związana, ta która wiąże. English speakers took the name in through Scripture, which is why it reads now as an English name with a Hebrew core.
The variants stay close to the sound. Polish records know rebeka and rebeca, both pulled toward Polish spelling. A girl written down as Rebeka on a class register sits easily beside a Rebecca two rows along.
The meaning "to bind" has drawn many readings over time, from a knot that holds an animal to a bond between people. None of that was the first picture. What the Hebrew offers is the plain act of tying, and the Polish związana keeps it exact.
How many people are named Rebecca
1 in 66305 women in Poland is named Rebecca. 340 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1630 among female names.
Rebecca's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1335 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2021.
Where Rebecca is most popular
Rebecca is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Rebecca as a middle name
Rebecca is a first name for 340 women in Poland and a middle name for another 150, a 69/31 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 539th, between Lili (150) and Oriana (149).
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#537 Flora150
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#538 Lili150
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#539 Rebecca150
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#540 Oriana149
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#541 Karmen148