Becky - Meaning of Becky
What does Becky mean?
[ 2 syll. bec-ky, be-cky ] The baby girl name Becky is pronounced BIHK-iy- †. Becky's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish languages.
In addition, Becky is a familiar form (English, Hebrew, and Yiddish) of the English, French, and Italian Rebecca.
Becky has 14 derivatives. Derivatives of the name include Becka, Beckea, Beckeah, Beckee, Beckey, Becki, Beckie, Beki, Bekie, Bekka, and Beky. The familiar forms Beca, Becca (also used in African and Hebrew), and Becks are other English variants.
Both the origin and meaning of the name Becky is inherited by all variant forms.
See also the related categories, yiddish, english, and hebrew.
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 2018, within the family of girl names directly linked to Becky, Rebecca was the most frequently used.
Baby names that sound like Becky include Becki, Beckie, Beky, Babba, Babsi, Bacca, Backa, Baka, Bakah, Bakka, Bakko, Bako, Basha, Basi, Basja, Basya, Basye, Bebba, Bebbah, and Beca.
† Pronunciation for Becky: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
