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Deborah
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Déborah
English
Alternative forms
as a given name en Debra, en Debora
Etymology
From en he דְּבוֹרָה dvorá, meaning bee.
Pronunciation
en /ˈdɛb(ə)ɹə/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Deborah.wav Southern England
Proper noun
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en Q213633en biblical character A judge of Israel.
Judges 4 4:
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
en biblical character A nurse of Rebecca.
en female Hebrew, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK.
en 1851 James Brayshay The Protector of Houghall, Or the Lily and the Rose Groombridge and Sons act I Rapier. Heigho! Deborah! it's an ugly name, a damnable name - the name I mean! - it sounds like Gomorrah! Deb! Debby! - worse still - sounded sharp now I rather like it! - Deborah! Deborah! Deborah!
en 1995 Carl Hiaasen Stormy Weather Alfred A.Knopf,Inc. 0679419829 256 He hadn't known, for example, that her middle name was Deborah. It was a name he liked: plucky, Midwestern and reliable-sounding. He was willing to bet that if you went through every women's prison in America, you wouldn't find a half-dozen Deborahs.
en Disco 2000 (song) Disco 2000 Different Class 1995 Pulp (band) Pulp Your name is Deborah, Deborah / It never suited ya
en Andrew Messenger New Queensland laws overturning ban on property developer donations will ‘legalise another avenue of corruption’, Greens say w:The Guardian 2025-12-11 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/new-queensland-laws-overturning-ban-on-property-developer-donations-will-legalise-another-avenue-of-corruption-greens-say 0261-3077 Frecklington also announced the appointment of former Queensland police officer Deborah Platz as the state’s new human rights commissioner, succeeding Scott McDougall, who criticised both sides of politics over a range of issues, particularly the state’s youth law and order crackdown. https://web.archive.org/web/20260531044150/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/new-queensland-laws-overturning-ban-on-property-developer-donations-will-legalise-another-avenue-of-corruption-greens-say
Related terms
en Deb
en Debs
en Debbie
en Debby
Translations
biblical character
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 底波拉 Dǐbōlā, cmn 德波辣 Débōlà Catholic
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Debora
Dutch: nl Debora f
Finnish: fi Debora
French: fr Débora
Hawaiian: haw Debora
Hebrew: he דְבוֹרָה dvorá
Italian: it Debora
Latin: la Debora
Portuguese: pt Débora f
Russian: ru Дево́ра f, ru Дебо́ра f, ru Дево́рра f
Spanish: es Débora
female given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 德博拉 Débólā, cmn 黛博拉 Dàibólā
French: fr Déborah
Greenlandic: kl Tippu
Hawaiian: haw Kepola
Hebrew: he דְבוֹרָה dvorá
Hungarian: hu Debóra
Irish: ga Gobnait
Italian: it Debora
Portuguese: pt Débora f
Russian: ru Дебо́ра f, ru Дево́ра f
Spanish: es Débora
Anagrams
en abdehor abhored
Cebuano
Pronunciation
ceb De bo rah
Noun
ceb noun
ceb female
ceb biblical character en Deborah