Debbie

Debbie
a bee
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Hebrew
Meaning	Honey bee
Other names
Related names	Deb, Debs, Debra, Deborah

Debbie (or Deb) is a fairly common given name, usually feminine, short for Deborah (or Debra) (which means "bee" in Hebrew) and is popular in most English-speaking countries. It reached its height of popularity in the United States in the 1970s.

Notable people

• Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer and film director
• Debbie Armstrong, American athlete
• Debra Bowen, American politician
• Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
• Debbie Cook, Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California
• Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer
• Debra DiGiovanni, Canadian comedian
• Debbie Fuller, Canadian diver
• Deborah "Debbie" Gibson, American pop singer
• Déborah Gyurscek, Uruguayan pole vaulter
• Deborah "Debbie" Harry, the lead singer from the band Blondie
• Debbie LaPlante, American hurdler
• Debbie Marti, English high jumper
• Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress
• Debbie McLeod, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
• Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
• Debbie Pettibone, member of America-cubed sailing team that competed for the America's Cup in 1995
• Debbie Reynolds, an American actress (born Mary Francis Reynolds) chose "Debbie" as her stage name
• Debby Ryan, American actress
• Deborah Sampson, First American female soldier
• Debbie Stabenow, American legislator
• Debbie Turner, Miss Missouri who was crowned Miss America in 1990
• Debbie Turner, former child actor who portrayed Marta von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music'
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American legislator
• Debby (polar bear), the world's oldest polar bear

Fictional characters

• Debbie Does Dallas
• Debbie Downer, character on Saturday Night Live portrayed by Rachel Dratch
• Debbie Dingle (portrayed by Charley Webb), a recurring character in the British soap opera, Emmerdale
• Debbie Gallagher (portrayed by Rebecca Ryan), one of the lead characters in British television drama, Shameless
• Debbie Dean (portrayed by Jodi Albert) character in long British show Hollyoaks

Songs about Debbie

• "Debbie" by R. Stevie Moore from the album Everything You Always Wanted To Know About R. Stevie Moore But Were Afraid To Ask
• "Debbie," one of two new songs, and the only single released, from the B-52s' 1998 compilation album Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

In Israel

In its original Biblical form, "Dvora" (דבורה) is a common female name in contemporary Israel, including:

• Dvora Baron, writer
• Dvora Bartonov, musician
• Dvora Ben-Shir, writer
• Justice Dvora Berliner of the Israeli Supreme Court
• Dvora Silverstein, writer