Becky or Beckie is a feminine given name, often a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

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Rebecca Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...

. It may refer to:

People

* Rebecca Allison (born 1946), American cardiologist and transgender activist * Rebecca

Becky Anderson Rebecca Anderson (born 15 November 1967) is a British journalist, and the anchor of CNN International's flagship news and current affairs primetime news program ''Connect the World''. She previously hosted '' Business International''. Life And ...

(born 1967), British journalist and news anchor *

Becky Ann Baker Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles of Jean Weir on NBC comedy-drama series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000) and Loreen Horvath on HBO comedy-drama series ''Girls'' (2012� ...

(born 1953), American actress * Rebecca

Becky Bell Rebecca Suzanne "Becky" Bell (August 24, 1971 – September 16, 1988) was an American teenage girl who died of complications from a septic abortion. After becoming pregnant, Bell inquired about a legal abortion but was hindered by Indiana state la ...

(1971–1988), American teenager who died as the result of an abortion * Rebecca

Becky Carney Rebecca Ann "Becky" Carney (born December 25, 1944) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 102nd district since 2003. Her district includes constituents in Mecklenburg county. Carney is a homemaker ...

(born 1944), American politician * Rebecca

Becky Downie Rebecca "Becky" Downie (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion (2014 and 2016) and 2014 C ...

(born 1992), British artistic gymnast * Rebecca Becky Easton (born 1974), English footballer * Rebecca Becky Edelsohn (1892–1973), American anarchist and hunger striker * Becky Edwards (disambiguation) *

Rebecca Foon Rebecca Foon (born 13 December 1978) is a Canadian cellist, vocalist, and composer from Montreal, Quebec. Foon currently records under her own name, as well as the alias Saltland, and is a member and co-founder of the Juno Award-winning modern ch ...

(born 1978), Canadian cellist, vocalist and composer * Rebecca

Becky Hill Rebecca Claire Hill (born 14 February 1994) is a British singer from Bewdley, England. She rose to prominence after appearing on the first series of the then BBC (now ITV) talent contest ''The Voice UK'', auditioning with John Legend's "Ordin ...

(born 1994), English singer and songwriter *

Becky Hobbs Becky Hobbs (born January 24, 1950) is an American country singer, songwriter and pianist. She has recorded seven studio albums, and has charted multiple singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, including the 1983 Top Ten hit "Let ...

(born 1950), American country singer, songwriter and pianist *

Beckie Middleton Beckie Middleton (née Herbert) (born 23 June 1986) is an English international field hockey player who played as a forward for England and Great Britain until 2014. She made her full international debut for England in 2003 and played the last ...

(born 1986), English international field hockey player *

Rebecca Quick Rebecca "Becky" Quick (born July 18, 1972) is an American television journalist/newscaster and co-anchorwoman of CNBC's financial news shows ''Squawk Box'' and '' On the Money''. Biography Early life Quick grew up in Indiana, Ohio, Texas, and ...

(born 1972), American television journalist, newscaster and co-anchor * Rebecca "Becky" Rosso (born 1994), British actress and singer *

Becky Sandstedt Becky Sandstedt is an American filmmaker and animal welfare activist. She investigated the conditions of downed animals on commercial farms and is a former investigator for Farm Sanctuary, an American animal protection organization that acts on beha ...

, American filmmaker and animal welfare activist * Rebecca

Becky Sauerbrunn Rebecca Elizabeth Sauerbrunn (born June 6, 1985) is an American professional soccer player for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States. Since 2021 ...

(born 1985), American soccer player * Rebecca

Beckie Scott Rebecca "Beckie" Scott, (born August 1, 1974) is a Canadian retired cross-country skier. She is Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee, and served as an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected ...

(born 1974), Canadian former cross-country skier * Rebecca

Becky Skillman Rebecca S. Skillman (born September 26, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, from 2005 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party. Early life and career Skillman is a native of Bedford, ...

(born 1950), American politician * Rebecca "Becky" Watts (1998–2015), British teenage murder victim *

Becky Worley Becky Worley (born February 4, 1971) is an American journalist and broadcaster. She is the tech contributor for ''Good Morning America'' on ABC, host and blogger for a web show on Yahoo! Tech. Education Worley graduated cum laude from Middlebur ...

(born 1971), American journalist and broadcaster *

Becky Yee Becky Yee (born July 4, 1969) is an American portrait photographer and the founder of Around Digital Media. Becky Yee Photography Upon moving back to New York in 2008, Yee has been busy with exhibitions and also reestablishing herself as a ve ...

(born 1969), American portrait photographer *

Becky (television personality) , better known mononymously as , is a Japanese entertainer signed to GATE. Since 2009, she has recorded music under the stage name Becky♪♯. History Becky was born in Kanagawa Prefecture to a Japanese mother and an English father, Simon Rabone ...

, Japanese celebrity *

Becky G Rebbeca Marie Gomez (born March 2, 1997), known professionally as Becky G, is an American singer and actress. She first gained recognition in 2011 when she began posting videos of herself covering popular songs online. One of her videos caught t ...

, stage name of American singer Rebbeca Marie Gomez (born 1997) *

Becky Lynch Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Becky Lynch where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand. Lynch is one of WWE's most recognizable and ...

, ring name of Irish professional wrestler and actress Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987)

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Aunt Becky The American television sitcom ''Full House'' ran for eight seasons on ABC from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995. Its sequel series '' Fuller House'' followed 21 years later, airing on Netflix, beginning February 26, 2016; the two parts of ...

, the supporting character in the ABC sitcom ''

Full House ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for ABC. The show is about widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend Joey Gladstone to help raise his three dau ...

'' *

Becky Bloomwood Rebecca Jane 'Becky' Brandon (née Bloomwood) is a fictional character and the main protagonist from the ''Shopaholic'' series of novels by British author Sophie Kinsella. She has been described by ''Bustle'' as "fiction's most famous fashionist ...

, the main protagonist of the ''

Shopaholic A shopaholic is someone with a shopping addiction. Shopaholic can also refer to: *An informal term for someone with a compulsive buying disorder * ''Shopaholic'' (novels), a series of books written by Sophie Kinsella ** ''Confessions of a Shopaho ...

'' series of novels by Sophie Kinsella * Rebecca "Becky" McDonald, in the British soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'' * Rebecca "Becky" Sharp, the main character of William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel '' Vanity Fair'' * Rebecca "Becky" Sharpe, alter ego of the DC Comics character

Hazard A hazard is a potential source of harm Harm is a moral and legal concept. Bernard Gert construes harm as any of the following: * pain * death * disability * mortality * loss of abil ity or freedom * loss of pleasure. Joel Feinberg giv ...

Becky Thatcher Mark Twain's series of books featuring the fictional characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn include: #''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) #''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884) #''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894) #''Tom Sawyer, Detective'' ...

, in Mark Twain's novel ''

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the nov ...

'' * A titular character of ''

Becky and Barnaby Bear ''Becky and Barnaby Bear'' is a live action television series on United Kingdom TV (CBeebies) for children between the ages of 0 and 5, starring Barnaby Bear and his friend Becky. Barnaby and Becky both live in the city of Chester in Cheshire. Ba ...

'', a British children's television series * Rebecca "Becky" Bunch, the protagonist of the CW musical comedy ''

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' is an American romantic musical comedy-drama television series that premiered on October 12, 2015, on The CW and ran for four seasons, ending on April 5, 2019. The series was created, written, and directed by Rachel Bloo ...

'' * Becky Botsford, the female lead in the PBS animated series ''

WordGirl ''WordGirl'' (stylized as ''W✪RD GIRL'') is an American children's Flash animated superhero television series produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The series began as a series of shorts entitled ' ...

'' * Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto, the protagonist of the manga series ''

Pani Poni , also known by the title of its anime adaptation, , is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It features several first year students and their teache ...

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