Rebecca or Rebekah?

[Heytheredelilah99]

Which spelling do you prefer?

I have a Rebekah. We gave her that spelling because of its roots in Hebrew and that reflects our families background. My daughter does have to spell it quite frequently. Although I have a name which can only be spelt one way yet it still sometimes gets spelt wrong so

Rebecca definitely.

That looks nicer to me than Rebekah. Not keen on that spelling.

Always preferred Rebekah. Love the Hebrew feel of it

I have a Rebecca. She's 10 and it's my favourite name.
I prefer this spelling because the actual (beautiful) Hebrew spelling does come across as a bit... well, it's been mentioned above. Rebekah has been a bit trampled on, I'll put it that way.
We also call our DD Rivka.

I'm Rebecka. I like my name and the spelling!

Definitely Rebecca. She’d be constantly correcting her name spelling the other way and I’m not sure it really adds anything having it spelt like that

I can confidently confirm that whichever spelling you choose she will constantly need to spell it out to people regardless, so it hardly matters

(Source : 30+ years of spelling Rebecca out to people on at least a weekly basis)

When I was younger I preferred the biblical version but now I think that spelling looks a bit harsh and prefer the more common one.

Rebecca (have to vote that way as its dds name and spelling!) I like the other spelling too - i associate it with jewish heritage rather than footballers wives. However she will always be correcting the spelling.

Rebekah

Both spellings are perfectly acceptable. I know far too many Rebecca, Becca, Becky, and Becks to use it though

The Rebekah I know hates her name and how to constantly respell it. I know it's biblical, but I think it can look a bit chavvy. Sorry!

Rebecca - beautiful name and the only one I know is amazing 🥰

Rebecca, if you're not Jewish.

Rebecca

I prefer Rebecca unless Rebekah reflects your heritage. If you are Jewish, I prefer the name Rivka. I hate the association of the name Rebecca/Rebekah with the insult "Beck", the British equivalent of JAP (Jewish American princess).

jel.jewish-languages.org/words/1540

Rebecca, however she will probably have to spell either version. During primary I had it spelt some weird & wonderful ways.

Unless you’re Jewish I’d go with Rebecca

Either, but not Rebecka - I know one. I always have to check the spelling!

Rebecca. Rebekah looks too harsh to me.

For the sake of ease, Rebecca is what I'd go for. Purely because that's what everyone else would go for as a first guess.

To me, Rebekah is a bit try-hard. Like, it's awkward for the sake of being awkward.

I wonder where the Rebecca spelling came from.
Anyway I prefer Rebekah but do think people might spell it wrong.

It may be the Hebrew original.
The Hebrew original was in Hebrew letters 😉.

I can confidently confirm that whichever spelling you choose she will constantly need to spell it out to people regardless, so it hardly matters

This. I'm a Kah, I like it.

Rebecca. Rebekah looks a bit harsh written down.
My sister is Rebecca and I still spell it out in my head in a sing songy voice whenever I write it down after years and years of hearing people asking her how to spell her name.

We chose Rebecca for DD's middle name after my (Jewish) Great Grandmother. That was how she spelled it.

Rebekah looks a bit spiky to me.