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Rebecca or Rebekah?

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Heytheredelilah99 · 30/06/2020 22:07

Which spelling do you prefer?

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SisterAgatha · 01/07/2020 00:38

Rebekah looks so phonetic.

It’s the Kah at the end. It’s like someone has written the sound of a cough.

gotothecooler · 01/07/2020 00:35

Rebekah is a bit footballers wives

Or you know, the Bible 😂

june2007 · 01/07/2020 00:32

Which do you prefer, either is exceptable.

PareidoliaNephophile · 01/07/2020 00:26

Rebecca unless religious reasons for choosing it

Heh1991 · 01/07/2020 00:20

Rebecca!

ParsleyPot · 30/06/2020 23:44

Rebecca

Blackbear19 · 30/06/2020 23:42

Rebecca.

Never seen Rebekah but something makes me want to pronounce it Re-beak-ah.

Limpid · 30/06/2020 23:41

I preferred Rebekah until R ‘Wagatha Christie Affair’ Vardy’s fluorescent teeth wrecked it for me.

WitchesGlove · 30/06/2020 23:38

Just not Becky, please, horrible name

FizzyGreenWater · 30/06/2020 23:37

Oh Rebecca definitely. It’s lovely.

Cupidity · 30/06/2020 23:15

Rebecca

123Dancewithme · 30/06/2020 23:14

Rebecca

Lockdownlooks · 30/06/2020 22:22

I know more Rebeccas so my first instinct would be that spelling, but pick the one you prefer.

If a Rebekah or Rebecca becomes very famous your DD could equally be needing to say “double ca not kah” or “kah not cca”

pilates · 30/06/2020 22:22

Rebecca

firsttimemumma123 · 30/06/2020 22:21

Rebecca

ArchbishopOfBanterbury · 30/06/2020 22:21

Beautiful name!

I prefer Rebecca and I think it's what most people who guess at the spelling would try.

Rebekah is more unusual.

Starbuggy · 30/06/2020 22:15

Rebecca

FizzFan · 30/06/2020 22:15

Rebekah is a bit footballers wives

Or alternatively, the traditional Hebrew/Biblical version

That said I also prefer Rebecca

RusholmeRuffian · 30/06/2020 22:12

Definitely Rebecca

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Heytheredelilah99 · 30/06/2020 22:10

I know Rebekah is the biblical version.

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Harpischord · 30/06/2020 22:10

Rebecca otherwise she will have to tell everyone how to spell it.

DramaAlpaca · 30/06/2020 22:10

Rebecca

Blackdog19 · 30/06/2020 22:10

Rebecca. So she won’t have to always spell out her name

UsernameNotValid · 30/06/2020 22:09

Rebecca.

Mainly because I love Becca though and the only Rebekah I knew was an arsewipe 🤣

vampirethriller · 30/06/2020 22:09

Rebekah