Becca

Becca
Pronunciation/ˈbɛkə/ BEK
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
Meaning"To Tie, To Bind"
Other names
Related namesRebecca, Becky, Beck, Rivkah, Rebeka.

Becca is a feminine given name, often a short form of Rebecca.[1] Notable people with the name include:

People

In arts and media

Music

Other media

In sport

  • Becca Hamilton (born 1990), American curler
  • Becca Longo (born 1999), American football kicker, first woman to earn a college football scholarship to an NCAA school at the Division II level or higher
  • Becca Pizzi (born 1980), American marathon runner
  • Becca Swanson (born 1973), American bodybuilder and powerlifter
  • Rebecca Ward (born 1990), American sabre fencer

In other fields

Fictional characters

Other uses

  • Becca (film), a 1989 British-Australian television film
  • Becca, in the Old English poem Widsith, the ruler of the Banings

See also

References

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 7 November 2025.