Rebecca vs Alan - What's the difference?
rebecca | alan |
, in regular use since the Reformation.
* :
* 1809 , Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name :
* 1949 , Sexus , Grove Press 1965, ISBN 0802151809, page 312:
* 1997 Robert T. Tauber, Self-fulfilling Prophecy , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275955028, page 61:
As proper nouns the difference between rebecca and alan
is that rebecca is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew|}}, in regular use since the Reformation while Alan is a given name derived from Celtic.As a noun alan is
a wolfhound.rebecca
English
Alternative forms
* Rebekah * RebekkaProper noun
(s)- And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
- They would say, if 'twas Rebecca ,
- That she is a little Quaker.
- "What's her name?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca' Valentine." The name '''Rebecca''' excited me. I had always wanted to meet a woman called '''Rebecca''' - and not Becky. ( ' Rebecca , Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like flowers, stars, constellations...)
- Our daughter's name, Rebecca', summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David and ' Rebecca ) have a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education.