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Becky - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Becky
 
 

 


The girl name Becky [ 2 syll. bec-ky, be-cky ] is pronounced BEHKiy KEY. Becky's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in the English language. Becky is a pet form of the English, French, and Italian Rebecca.

Becky is an uncommon baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1959, 0.229% of baby girls were given the name Becky. It was #102 in rank then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is currently used only on a very modest scale. In 2007, within the family of girl names directly linked to Becky, the English, French, and Italian Rebecca was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Becky include the Hebrew Batia, the English Becca, the English Bessie, and the English Bessy.

KEY: Pronunciation for Becky: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


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