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Rebecca

Rebecca is a biblical matriarch from the Book of Genesis and a common first name. As a name it is often shortened to Becky, Becki or Becca; see Rebecca ....
 is a biblical matriarch from the Book of Genesis and a common first name. As a name it is often shortened to Becky, Becki or Becca; see Rebecca (given name)
Rebecca (given name)

Rebecca is a feminine given name of Hebrew language origin. Its most likely meaning is "captivating". It may be Aramaic language in origin, although this is contested....
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Rebecca
Rebecca

Rebecca is a biblical matriarch from the Book of Genesis and a common first name. As a name it is often shortened to Becky, Becki or Becca; see Rebecca ....
 is a biblical matriarch from the Book of Genesis and a common first name. As a name it is often shortened to Becky, Becki or Becca; see Rebecca (given name)
Rebecca (given name)

Rebecca is a feminine given name of Hebrew language origin. Its most likely meaning is "captivating". It may be Aramaic language in origin, although this is contested....
.

Rebecca (and related names) may also refer to:

People


Given name

  • Becky Glupczynski
    Becky Glupczynski

    Becky Glupczynski is a film producer whose credits include her role as Producer for the films....
    , film producer
  • Becky (talento) (born 1984), popular tarento in Japan
  • Rebecca De Mornay
    Rebecca De Mornay

    Rebecca De Mornay is an United States film and television Actors/Female. Her breakout film role came in 1983, when she played Lana in Risky Business....
     (born 1959), American actress
  • Rebecca Knox
    Rebecca Knox

    Rebecca Quin is an Republic of Ireland Professional wrestling better known by her ring name, Rebecca Knox, or K-nox....
     (born 1987), Irish professional wrestler
  • Rebecca Night
    Rebecca Night

    Rebecca Night is a British actress who starred in the title role of the James Hawes's BBC Four adaptation Fanny Hill ....
     (born 1985), British actress
  • Rebecca Romijn
    Rebecca Romijn

    Rebecca Alie Romijn is an United Statesn actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men films, and for her role as Alexis Meade on the hit show, Ugly Betty....
     (born 1972), American film and television actress and former fashion model
  • Rebecca Schaeffer
    Rebecca Schaeffer

    Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer was an United States actor who was best known for her role in the Situation comedy My Sister Sam. Schaeffer was stalking and then murder by an obsessed fan, prompting the passage of Stalking#Laws on stalking in California....
     (1967–1989), American actress who was stalked and murdered by a fan
  • Rebekah Elmaloglou
    Rebekah Elmaloglou

    Rebekah Elmaloglou is an Australian actress who is best known for portraying the role of Sophie Simpson on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1989 to 1993 and again on a recurring basis from 2002 to 2005....
     (born 1974), Australian actress


Fictional

  • Rebecca Abrabanel, a character in the science fiction novels and universe 1632 series
  • Rebecca Buck, aka Tank Girl
    Tank Girl

    Tank Girl is a British comic character written by Alan Martin and originally drawn by Jamie Hewlett, and is currently drawn by Rufus Dayglo, Ashley Wood, and Mike McMahon ....
  • Rebecca "Becky" Conner, a character from the TV series Roseanne
  • Rebecca Chambers, a character in the video game Resident Evil
  • Rebecca Cunningham, a character from the animated TV series TaleSpin
    TaleSpin

    TaleSpin is a half-hour United States cartoon series that first aired in 1990 as part of The Disney Afternoon, with characters adapted from The Walt Disney Company 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book ....
  • Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis, a character from the TV series Full House
  • Rebecca Howe
    Rebecca Howe

    Rebecca Howe is a fictional character on the United States television show Cheers, portrayed by Kirstie Alley. She is introduced after Shelley Long, who played overeducated barmaid Diane Chambers, left to pursue a movie career....
    , a character from the TV series Cheers
  • Rebecca Miyamoto, from Pani Poni Dash!
    Pani Poni Dash!

    , also known as through its anime adaptation , is a Japanese manga series that utilizes parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways....
  • Becky Thatcher, from Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer series
  • Rebecca de Winter, the unseen antagonist in Daphne du Maurier's eponymous novel (see below)
  • Rebecca Welsh
    List of Rumble Roses characters

    This is a list of characters who appear in the Rumble Roses female wrestling games for the Playstation 2 and Xbox 360. The cast of characters varies slightly between titles, i.e., between Rumble Roses and Rumble Roses XX....
    , a character in the video games Rumble Roses and Rumble Roses XX
  • Rebecca, a character in Highlander: The Series
    Highlander: The Series

    Highlander: The Series is an English language fantasy/sci-fi television series featuring Duncan MacLeod , of the Scotland Clan MacLeod, as the Scottish Highlands of the title....
  • Rebecca, the Jewess, in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe
    Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It was written in 1819 and set in 12th century England, an example of historical fiction. Ivanhoe is sometimes given credit for helping to increase Middle Ages in history in 19th century Europe and United States ....
  • Rebecca, a major character in the Japanese anime Kiba
    Kiba (anime)

    , a fantasy anime by Madhouse , began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 5 2006. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kojina with Upper Deck, a trading card game company, as the main sponsor....
  • Rebecca, a character from the animated TV series Oscar's Orchestra
    Oscar's Orchestra

    Oscar's Orchestra is an animated TV series that was shown on CBBC.It was set in the distant future, and was about a talking piano called Oscar, who rebels against the evil dictator of the world, Thaddius Vent, who has banned music....
  • Rebecca, an immortal girl in So Weird
    So Weird

    So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001....
  • Becky Sharp, a character from the book Vanity Fair
  • Rebecca Dopplemeyer, a character in the film Ghost World
    Ghost World

    Ghost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally Serial ized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball , and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books....
  • Rebecca, a character in the film Thumbsucker
    Thumbsucker

    Thumbsucker may refer to the following:*Thumbsucker , a 1999 novel by Walter Kirn*Thumbsucker , a 2005 film directed by Mike Mills based on the novel...
  • Rebecca, one of the zombies in the 2007 film I Am Legend
    I Am Legend

    I Am Legend is a 1954 science fiction/horror fiction novel by Richard Matheson about the last man alive in Los Angeles. It was influential on the developing modern Vampires in popular culture as well as the Zombies in popular culture, in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease, and in exploring the notion of vamp...
  • Becky Botsford, Wordgirl in WordGirl
    WordGirl

    WordGirl is a children?s animated series produced by Soup2Nuts for PBS Kids. It began as a series of shorts that premiered on PBS Kids GO! on November 10, 2006, usually shown at the end of Maya & Miguel....


Arts and entertainment

  • Rebecca (novel)
    Rebecca (novel)

    Rebecca is a novel by United Kingdom author Daphne du Maurier. When Rebecca was first published in 1938, du Maurier became - to her great surprise - one of the most popular authors of the day....
    , a 1938 novel by Daphne du Maurier
  • Rebecca (1940 film), a 1940 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the du Maurier novel
  • Rebecca (1952 film), Philippines film starring Tessie Agana
    Tessie Agana

    Tessie Agana is a Filipino people actress who was a very popular child star during the 1950s, credited by some for saving Sampaguita Pictures with her work in the box office hit Roberta ....
     and Van De Leon
    Van de León

    Born in 1925, this Philippines actor is known for his villain roles under Sampaguita Pictures where he played villain, and yet sometimes he played a father roles for some of the Sampaguita's player....
  • Rebecca (TV miniseries), a 1997 miniseries directed by Jim O'Brien based on the du Maurier novel
  • Rebecca (musical)
    Rebecca (musical)

    Rebecca is a German-language musical theatre based on Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. It was written by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay , the authors of Elisabeth , Mozart! and Marie Antoinette ....
    , a 2006 musical by Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay based on the du Maurier novel
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic United States 1903 in literature children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Rebecca Rowena Randall goes to live with her two stern aunts in the village of Riverboro in Maine....
    , a 1903 children's novel
  • Rebecca (band), a 1980s Japanese pop band fronted by Nokko
    NOKKO

    Nokko is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer of the band "Rebecca " which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s for her solo projects....


Places

  • Rebecca, Georgia
    Rebecca, Georgia

    Rebecca is a city in Turner County, Georgia, Georgia , United States, along the Alapaha River. The population was 246 at the 2000 census....
    , USA


Other uses

  • Rebecca (alga)
    Rebecca (alga)

    Rebecca is a genus of alga comprising two species....
    , a genus of Haptophyta algae, comprising of two species
  • Rebecca Riots
    Rebecca Riots

    The Rebecca Riots took place between 1839 and 1842 in South Wales and Mid Wales. They were a protest against the high Toll road which had to be paid on the local Turnpike roads....
     of 19th century South Wales
  • Rebecca/Eureka transponding radar, a Second World War aircraft homing and distance measuring system
  • Rebeca Modeling Language
    Rebeca Modeling Language

    Rebeca is an Actor model-based programming language with a formal foundation, designed in an effort to bridge the gap between formal verification approaches and real applications....
    , an actor-based programming language


See also

  • Becca
    Becca

    Becca is a feminine given name. It is a short form of Rebecca ....
    , a female given name
  • Becki (disambiguation)
  • Rivkah (disambiguation)