What is Bebe Rexha's real name? Bebe Rexha's real name is Bleta Rexha. In the Albanian language, bletë means "bee"; and she explained, "My parents are Albanian, and people started calling me 'Bebe' for short." Rexha was born on August 30, 1989, in Brooklyn, and she was raised in Staten Island. Her mother was born in the US to an Albanian family with roots in Gostivar (now part of the Republic of Macedonia) and her dad was born in Debar when it was part of Yugoslavia. 3 Debar is a municipality in the western part of the Republic of North Macedonia. Rexha played trumpet and taught herself to play guitar and piano when she was growing up in Staten Island.