Rebeca
At root it's Hebrew, from Rivka, carrying the sense "to tie, to bind." Polish registers lean toward Rebeka, so this Spanish spelling with one c stays rare: most Poles have never met one.
Rebeca Pronunciation
Rebeca is pronounced re-BE-tsah (/rɛˈbɛt͡sa/).
What Rebeca means
Where Rebeca comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rebeca traces back to Hebrew, to Rivka, the name the Hebrew Bible gives to the wife of Isaac. The root behind it points toward the sense "to tie, to bind," which Polish renders as wiązanie or złączenie. Early commentators disagreed about what was being tied: a knot, a snare, a bond between people.
Spanish took the name in as Rebeca, spelled with a single c. English kept Rebecca, and Polish registers also hold Rebeka. The forms stay close.
There is a Spanish twist worth knowing. In Spain the ordinary word rebeca means a cardigan, a use that spread after the 1940 film Rebecca, whose heroine favoured knitted jackets. So a name rooted in binding lent its sound to a garment you fasten each morning.
Picture a school register in Kraków, Rebeka on one line and a visiting Rebecca on the next. Same origin, two spellings. The Hebrew sense of tying still sits under both.
How many people are named Rebeca
1 in 103412 women in Poland is named Rebeca. 218 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2116 among female names.
Rebeca's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1334 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Rebeca as a middle name
Rebeca is a first name for 218 women in Poland and a middle name for another 40, an 84/16 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1096th, between Meryem (40) and Soraya (40).
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#1094 Martine40
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#1095 Meryem40
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#1096 Rebeca40
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#1097 Soraya40
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#1098 Thuy40