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What does Becky mean?
Becky 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced BEK-ee. It is of English origin. Pet form of Rebecca (Hebrew) "to bind". Often used as an independent given name, and popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Becky Sharp, heroine of William Thackeray's novel "Vanity Fair".
STARTS WITH Be-
ASSOCIATED WITH 18th century, 19th century, heroine, novel (literary), fair (beautiful)
Variations
VARIANT Becki
RELATED FORMS VIA REBECCA Becca, Beck, Becka, Beckah, Becke, Beckee, Becker, Beckey, Beckie, Beki, Bekka, Bekki, Bekkie, Rebecky
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Benky, ..
(male) Becer, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Becky Hollis (B.H.), ..
How popular is Becky?
Becky is a very popular first name for women (#287 out of 4276, Top 7%) and a slightly less popular last name for all people (#110523 out of 150436, Top 73%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Becky reached its apex rank of #135 in the U.S. in the 1960s, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Becky ranked in the Top 2000 are Rebecca (#214 FROM RECENT DATA), Becca, Becki and Beckie. Usage of these forms of Becky was widespread in the 1970s (USAGE OF 0.99%) and has become much diminished since (USAGE 0.09%, 91% LESS), with forms such as Becky falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Becky▼ is alike in pronunciation to Becca, Becka, Beckah, Beckee, Beckey, Beckie, Beki, Bekka, Bekki and Bekkie. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Anecky, Beck, Becke, Becker, Benny, Berny, Berry, Berty, Bessy, Bethy, Betsy▼, Betty▼, Bevvy, Breck, Jacky, Micky, Nicky, Ricky and Vicky▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Becky.
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