Becca

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Becca, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Abby
• Amanda
• Allie
• Amy
• Ally
• Angie
• Ashleigh
• Annie
• Aimee
• Abigail
• Allison
• Caitlin

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Becca is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, France, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, French, Italian

  Also written Beccä, Beccą, Beccà

• Portuguese given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Bëccä, Beccã, Bëccã, Beccá

• Russian given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Бекка, Bekka

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Becca is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca, from Hebrew.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Modern shortened form of Rebecca.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Becky

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Becca Stevensb. 1963USAmerican chaplain
• Becca Bernsteinb. 1977USAmerican artist
• Becca Fitzpatrickb. 1979USAmerican writer
• Becca Stevensb. 1984USAmerican jazz, pop, and folk singer, and guitarist
• Becca Tobinb. 1986USAmerican actress and singer
• Becca Hamiltonb. 1990USAmerican female curler
• Becca Gardnerb. 1990USAmerican actress
• Becca LevyUSAmerican psychologist
• Becca BlackwellUSAmerican trans actor, performer
• Becca Goodspouse of Renée Good

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Becca?

In the etymology graph, Rebecca, Becky and Rebeca are forms of the same name in other languages.

What does the name Becca mean, and where does it come from?

Old English personal name; surviving in Beck Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.

How do you pronounce Becca?

A machine transcription gives /bɛkə/ (IPA) for English.

Is Becca a male or female name?

Becca is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Becca have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 6.1 thousand people named Becca, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled becca.

How common is the name Becca?

In the United States, the national register counted 6,067 people named Becca in 2020, about 1 in 55 thousand residents.

How common is Becca compared with other names?

In Ghana, Becca is the 650th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.