Deborah ( he, דְבוֹרָה) is a
feminine given name derived from דבורה ''D'vorah'', a
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
word meaning "
bee".
Deborah
According to the Book of Judges, Deborah ( he, דְּבוֹרָה, ''Dəḇōrā'', "bee") was a prophetess of the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Bible. Many scholars c ...
was a prophetess in the
Old Testament
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Book of Judges
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. In the
United States
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, the name was most popular from 1950 to 1970, when it was among the 20 most popular names for girls. It was the 25th most common name for women in the United States in the 1990 census. It has since fallen in popularity. It ranked as the 780th most popular name for baby girls born in 2007 in the United States, down from 676th most popular name in 2006.
The name is Déborah in French, Débora in
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Port ...
and
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
, Debora in
Italian and
Czech, and Δεββώρα or Δεβόρα in
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
.
Variants
*Deb (
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national id ...
)
*DebDeb (Australian English)
*Debbo (
Australian English)
*Debster (
Australian English)
*Debb (English)
*Debbi (English)
*Debbie (English)
*Debby (English)
*Debbey (English)
*Debbee (English)
*Debie (English)
*Deby (English)
*Debi (English)
*Debey (English)
*Debee (English)
*Deborha (
Amharic)
*Dibora (
Amharic)
*Debra (English)
*Debora (English)
*Debbra (English)
*Devorah (
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
)
*Dvorah (Hebrew)
*Deborah (English)
*Just so you know God really like Deborah's faith in life.
Notable people
Notes
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English feminine given names
Greek feminine given names
Hebrew feminine given names
Jewish feminine given names