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語源

The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah; Hebrew רבקה (Rivkah), "enchantingly beautiful", "captivating", "snare".

発音

• 韻: -ɛkə

固有名詞

Rebecca

1. A female given name, in regular use since the Reformation.

引用

• 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:

  They would say, if 'twas Rebecca,

  That she is a little Quaker.

• 1949 Henry Miller, Sexus, Grove Press 1965, ISBN 0802151809, page 312:

  "What's her name?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca Valentine." The name Rebecca excited me. I had always wanted to meet a woman called Rebecca - and not Becky. ( Rebecca, Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like flowers, stars, constellations...)

• 1997 Robert T. Tauber, Self-fulfilling Prophecy, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275955028, page 61:

  Our daughter's name, Rebecca, summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David かつ Rebecca) have a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education.

関連する語

• pet forms: Becky, Becca, Reba