Reba

  • [ REE-bə ]
  • English
Short form of REBECCA.

REBECCA   female   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah) from an unattested root probably meaning "join, tie, snare". This is the name of the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament. It came into use as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular with the Puritans in the 17th century.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Rebecca, Rebeccah, Rebeckah, Rebekah
EQUIVALENTS
BIBLICAL GREEK: Rebekka
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Rivqah
BIBLICAL LATIN: Rebecca
BIBLICAL: Rebecca, Rebekah
DANISH: Rebekka
DUTCH: Rebekka
ENGLISH: Becca, Becci, Becka, Beckah, Becky, Bekki
FAROESE: Rebekka
FINNISH: Rebekka
FRENCH: Rébecca
GERMAN: Rebekka
HEBREW: Riva, Rivka
HUNGARIAN: Rebeka
ICELANDIC: Rebekka
ITALIAN: Rebecca
NORWEGIAN: Rebekka
PORTUGUESE: Rebeca
SPANISH: Rebeca
SWEDISH: Rebecca, Rebecka
YIDDISH: Rifka