Which spelling is better? or other spelling suggestions?
2007-10-15 18:55:01 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
Okay, everyone get this straight! A lot of people are saying you should choose the "correct" spelling - Rebecca, or saying they like the different, unusual spelling - Rebekah.
Actually the spelling Rebekah is not a cutesy or trendy spelling - it's actually the classic BIBLICAL spelling of the name - it's from the bible for God's sake! (pun intended! ha!) Intelligent, educated people know this so don't listen to all the morons that say everyone will always spell it incorrectly - this is coming from people whose favorite names are probably Denver, Madison, Avery, Riley, etc. I detest trendy names (in 25 years they will be very dated) - Rebekah won't which is why I like it. She also won't have to worry about being the 4th Mikayla in her class - all spelled different ways of course - ick.
This info may help you make up your mind. I perfer the original (though a lot of dumb people don't know that) spelling
of Rebekah.
2007-10-15 20:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by My 2 Cents.... 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rebekah
2007-10-16 06:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by Mom of 2 w/ PCOS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rebekah is more unusual but from a teachers point of view a more difficult spelling will mean that people will spell your name wrong for the rest of your life.I prefer Rebecca
2007-10-15 20:31:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rebecca
2007-10-16 00:09:11 · answer #4 · answered by Mandz 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rebecca...it's easier growing up with a "correctly" spelled name (when I say that I mean most people would choose this way over the other automatically). You can bet that the child will have to re-spell their name for everyone for the rest of their lives if you chose Rebekah.
2007-10-15 19:57:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Rebekah is writed in English but Rebecca is how people write it in Spanish. I do like both
2007-10-16 02:28:03 · answer #6 · answered by zul 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rebekah. The original is much nicer than the Americanised Rebecca :-)
2007-10-16 00:09:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom named my sister Rebekah from the biblical spelling (Mom was a sunday school teacher once upon a time) and my sis absolutely loves it. She says it can be a bit frustrating from time to time but she adores the fact that she's a bit different and that her name is both modern and old-fashioned at the same time.
Either way it beats being a child of the late 70's named Amanda... *ugh*
2007-10-15 23:47:24 · answer #8 · answered by magickalbear 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rebecca.
2007-10-15 23:30:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rebecca
2007-10-15 19:02:27 · answer #10 · answered by windy288 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋