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Nicknames for Rebecca that aren't Becky/Becca?

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mich161616 · 18/11/2013 14:08

Hi,

DH and I really like Rebecca as a name but I really don't like Becky or Becca as a nickname. I just think that even if I always say Rebecca it's so long that others won't and Becky is an inevitability. Can anyone think of any (pretty) alternatives that we could use?

Thanks
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EmmaWoodlouse · 04/10/2015 20:51

I know a Rebecca who prefers being called Rebs to Becky, but I've also known several who are never shortened - it's not inevitable.

18 year old DS knows someone who always used to be Becki and has now settled on Beck.

uggmum · 04/10/2015 20:56

I'm a Rebecca. I like my name shortened to Becca,Bec or Bex.

I hardly ever get called Rebecca.

Ipushedmygrannyaffabus · 04/10/2015 22:07

My neighbour was Known as Ruby but her full name was Rebecca

Rivercam · 04/10/2015 22:13

We refer to a friend called Rebecca as Reebok.

SixFeetUnder · 04/10/2015 22:17

I'm a Rebecca who is usually called Rebecca. My husband calls me becca so is his affectionate name for me and some old workmates call me becks but everyday I'm called Rebecca and prefer that. Only people who wish to annoy me call me becky as I've said I hate this at every opportunity.

DPotter · 04/10/2015 22:21

There are 5 Rebecca's in DD class at school. Just saying....

mathanxiety · 04/10/2015 23:15

How about Rivka or Revka, both Hebrew versions.

Or Rifka, Rifke, Rheba, Riva, Rivah, Rivalee, Rivi, Rivy, all Yiddish.

CocktailQueen · 04/10/2015 23:32

Five Rebeccas? We only know one other, and dd is 11! How old are your Rebecca's?

Neddyteddy · 04/10/2015 23:36

Bea

manicinsomniac · 05/10/2015 00:19

I'm a Rebecca. I usually go by Rebecca although family use Becky. I'm not keen on Becky but I don't hate it.

I have a young cousin (sort of cousin - cousin's kid) who is Rebecca and never anything else. Doesn't have to be shortened.

As a teenager I tried to make Rivkah work for a while - it's a Hebrew version. But it didn't catch on. Proof that you can't force a nickname I suppose.

ServingSuggestion · 05/10/2015 12:40

I am Rebecca at work and Bex everywhere else.

I hate people shortening my name (especially to Becky - eurgh) without asking what I prefer to be called. In turn I never shorten names without asking.

One primary school teacher used to refer to me as Rebecki Hmm

maybebabybee · 05/10/2015 13:04

My boss is Rebecca and never, ever uses Becky or Becca etc, just Rebecca. It's perfectly doable. People don't tend to shorten names unless you shorten them yourself.

bruffin · 05/10/2015 13:24

My Rebecca is Bex, Becky, Becca, Rebop . It's DD's name and her nickname is up to her and not me (dont understand parents who think they can dictate their child's nickname, they sound far too controlling)

Pantsalive · 05/10/2015 13:29

I also know a Bea.

Minimaus · 05/10/2015 13:31

"DH and I really like Rebecca as a name but I really don't like Becky or Becca as a nickname"

Then I strongly suggest you choose another name. One whose nicknames you'd be happy with.

Themoleandcrew · 05/10/2015 13:39

My friends sister is Rebecca but had always been known as Betty/ bet.

Marisaurus · 05/10/2015 15:27

I know a Rebecca who's Becca was turned into Bee.

ThePug · 05/10/2015 15:45

I'm a Rebecca. My parents always have and always will call me Rebecca (except when I was little my dad called me Reeb which I hated!). To my friends and anyone I have met since University age, I am Becca but never Becky.

NewLife4Me · 05/10/2015 15:49

Bexx ?

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fluffywhitekittens · 05/10/2015 17:24

Why all the hatred of Becky/Beckie?!

ServingSuggestion · 06/10/2015 06:46

flUffy It's the 'cky' bit on the end that bothers me. No idea why and it's pretty irrational, but I just don't like it. I always correct people when they call me Becky.

daisychicken · 06/10/2015 07:35

Another Rebecca here! As a child I refused to be called anything but Rebecca and would correct everyone who tried to shorten it. Now, I generally refer to myself as Becca, Bec or Becs. Only DM, my oldest friend and for some reason my DMIL (as I always referred to myself as Becca by the time I met her) call me Rebecca. I refuse to be called Becky.

Other Rebecca's I've known growing up have been Rebecca, Becky or Bex.

I also recall hearing the name spelt as Rebekah and quite like that but I have enough faff with spelling my surname plus the 'is it 1 or 2 'c''s in Rebecca?' drove me nuts so I'd never cope with my name spelt differently!

NotMeNotYouNotAnyone · 07/10/2015 10:28

I know a Rebekah and Rebecca aged 11 or 12

Seems to be more common among adults tho, I was at school with lots of Becca and Becky and know plenty around my age now. Can't think of any that don't use Bex, Bec, Becky or Becca.

My mums parents hate nicknames but gave all their children long nsmes that are usually shortened (think Samuel, Benjamin but not those exactly). My mum has used various short forms since school but her family still use the long form. It's only recently that she's stopped signing her full name to them, having decided she can choose what she calls herself regardless of what they call her

PallasCat · 08/10/2015 12:17

Bee, Ruby and Reeba.
But as PPs have said, if you actively dislike the most common nn, it's a risky choice I think.