Re: given name translation #ukraine


SRivkin742@...
 

I am sure this does not help but Rivka = Rebbeca
Rivkin= son of Rebecca

one cousin who came over named Ekka became Rebecca

these Americanizations can be hell to unravel it was not unusual to just
use a American name that just had the same first letter - rather than the
same meaning or a transliteration of spelling.

Steve Rivkin

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