Girl · Hebrew
Deborah
Say it: DEB-ur-uh
Meaning
Hebrew Dvorah, 'bee'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Puritan name in England and New England, extremely popular in the United States in the 1950s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1950s
In the United States
- 742,963 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1954, about 1 in 36 girls
- 286 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Debra, Debbora, Debora, Debbie
| Spanish | Débora |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Débora |
| Italian | Debora |
| German | Debora |
| French | Débora |
| Hebrew | Dvora |
| Hebrew | Devorah |
Famous bearers
- Deborah, prophetess and judge in the Book of Judges
- Debbie Reynolds, US actress
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.