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

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; 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 Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

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Rebecca Rebecca () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban (Bi ...

. It may refer to:

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* Rebecca Allison (born 1946), American cardiologist and transgender activist * Becky Anderson (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 as Jean Weir on the NBC comedy-drama series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000) and as Loreen Horvath on the HBO comedy-drama series '' G ...

(born 1953), American actress *

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 ...

(1971–1988), American teenager who died as the result of an abortion * Becky Carney (born 1944), American politician *

Becky Downie Rebecca Lauren Downie (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008, 2016, and 2024 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion (2014 and 2016) and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion on the ...

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

Becky Edwards (disambiguation) Rebecca or Becky Edwards may refer to: * Becky Edwards (Utah politician), American politician * Becky Edwards (Montana politician), American politician * Becky Edwards (soccer) (born 1988), American soccer player * Rebecca Edwards (rower) (born ...

Rebecca Foon Rebecca Foon (born 13 December 1978) is a Canadian cellist, vocalist, and composer. Foon currently records under her own name, as well as the alias Saltland, and is a member and co-founder of the modern chamber ensemble Esmerine. Summary of ca ...

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

Becky Hill Rebecca Claire Hill (born 14 February 1994) is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame after appearing on the first series of '' The Voice UK'', auditioning with John Legend's " Ordinary People". She joined Jessie J's team and rea ...

(born 1994), English singer and songwriter * Becky Hobbs (born 1950), American country singer, songwriter and pianist * Becky Lee (born 1978), Hong Kong actress and host * Beckie Middleton (born 1986), English international field hockey player * Rebecca Quick (born 1972), American television journalist, newscaster and co-anchor * Rebecca "Becky" Rosso (born 1994), British actress and singer * Becky Sandstedt, American filmmaker and animal welfare activist *

Becky Sauerbrunn Rebecca Elizabeth Sauerbrunn (born June 6, 1985) is an American former professional association football, soccer player who played as a center back. She co-captained the United States women's national soccer team, United States national team wi ...

(born 1985), American soccer player * Beckie Scott (born 1974), Canadian former cross-country skier *

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. In the 2024 Indiana governor's race, Skillman endorsed ...

(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 Middlebu ...

(born 1971), American journalist and broadcaster *

Becky Yee Becky Yee (born July 4, 1969) is an American portrait photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person w ...

(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♪♯. Biography Becky was born in Kanagawa Prefecture to a Japanese mother and an English father, Simon Ra ...

, Japanese celebrity *

Becky G Rebbeca Marie Gomez (born March 2, 1997), known professionally as Becky G, is an American singer and actress. Born and raised in Inglewood, California, she first gained recognition in 2011 for her cover version, cover versions of popular song ...

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

Becky Lynch Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987), better known by the ring name Becky Lynch, is an Irish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand and is the current WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion in her ...

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

Becky Southworth Rebecca "Becky" Southworth is a British journalist and television presenter. She has authored several documentary films for the BBC as well as working as a producer on a number of other programmes and channels such as ITV 2 "Social Media Murders ...

, British television presenter

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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 American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...

'' * Becky Bicklehoff, a recurring character in the Disney Channel series '' Liv and Maddie'' * Becky Blackbell, a character in the '' Spy x Family'' series * Becky Bloomwood, the main protagonist of the ''Shopaholic'' series of novels by Sophie Kinsella * Becky Botsford, the main protagnoist of the television series ''WordGirl'' * Becky Conner, one of the main characters of the sitcom "

Roseanne ''Roseanne'' is an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams (producer), Matt Williams that originally aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27, 2018, to May ...

" and "

The Conners ''The Conners'' is an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams and developed by Bruce Helford, Bruce Rasmussen, and Dave Caplan for ABC as a direct continuation of the series '' Roseanne''. The series is produced by Werner Enter ...

" * Becky Feder, in the films '' Grown Ups'' and '' 2'' * Becky Jackson, a character from the musical series ''

Glee Glee may refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 3000 album) * ''Glee'' (Logan Lynn album) * Gle ...

'' *

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, Detect ...

, in Mark Twain's novel ''

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (also simply known as ''Tom Sawyer'') is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1830s-1840s in the town of St. Petersbu ...

'' * Becky Williams, a character in the musical drama show ''

Empire An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...

'' * A titular character of '' Becky and Barnaby Bear'', a British children's television series * Becky (Spider-Girl), a character from the comic series ''Peter Parker'' * Becky, a supporting character in the 2016 animated film ''

Finding Dory ''Finding Dory'' is a 2016 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Andrew Stanton, co-directed by Angus MacLane, produced by Lindsey Collins, and written b ...

'' * Becky, a porcupine in the animated film ''

Sing Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

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