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Rivky

Rivky: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“to tie, bind”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
RIV-kee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Yiddish diminutive of Rivka, the Hebrew form of Rebecca. It is especially used in Ashkenazi Jewish communities.

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How popular is Rivky?

202437.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Rivky in 2024122

2024 rank#1,673 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18802,230

Rivky is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Rivky

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Rivkato tie, bind · Hebrew
  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
  • Naomipleasantness · Hebrew
  • Hannahgrace; favor · Hebrew
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Delilahdelicate · Hebrew

Rivky questions

What does the name Rivky mean?

Rivky means "to tie, bind". It comes from Hebrew. Yiddish diminutive of Rivka, the Hebrew form of Rebecca. It is especially used in Ashkenazi Jewish communities.

Is Rivky a boy or girl name?

Rivky is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Rivky?

122 US babies were named Rivky in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Rivky?

Rivky is usually pronounced RIV-kee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.