Debora

Debora or Deborah is a female given name .

Origin and meaning of the name

The name is Hebrew (דְּבוֹרָה, dəvorah) and means bee . In the Bible there are two people with this name: In Gen 35.8 EU is the name of the nurse of Rebekah . More important, however, is the judge Debora , who is also known as the prophetess . The Book of Judges ( Judges 4–5 EU ) tells how she leads the people of Israel to an important victory. The famous Deboraied ( Ri 5,1–31 EU ), one of the oldest pieces in the Hebrew Bible, is about this . Because of the mountains flowing before the LORD mentioned there ( Ri 5.5 EU ), the Deborah number in rheology got its name.

name day

Name day for the name Debora is September 21 .

variants

Debbi , Debbie , Debby (English)
Debbos
Debira
Debo (nickname; German)
Debra (English)
Debs (English)
Debrah (African)
Deby (German / Switzerland)
Debi (German / South Tyrol)
Depke (Low German)
Dvora (Hebrew)
Dvoyre (Yiddish)

Name bearers

Debora / Débora

Debora (judge) , figure from the Hebrew Bible

Debora Agreiter (* 1991), Italian cross-country skier
Débora Arango (1907–2005), Colombian painter and ceramicist
Debora Caprioglio (* 1968), Italian actress
Debora Diniz (* 1970), Brazilian anthropologist, human rights and health activist, university lecturer and documentary filmmaker
Debora Niche (* 1991), German canoeist
Debora Roncari (* 1992), Italian cross-country skier
Debora Seffer (* 1969), French jazz musician (violin, vocals, composition)
Debora Serracchiani (* 1970), Italian lawyer and politician (Partito Democratico), President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region
Debora Vaarandi (1916–2007), Estonian poet and translator
Debora Vogel (1900–1942), philosopher and poet
Debora Weber-Wulff (* 1957), German computer scientist and university lecturer
Debora Weigert (* 1969), German actress and voice actress

Deborah / Déborah

Deborah Adair (actress) ( Deborah Adair Miller ; born 1952), American actress
Deborah Adair (sound engineer) ( Deb Adair ; * 1966), American sound engineer
Deborah Allen (born 1953), American country singer
Déborah Anthonioz (* 1978), French snowboarder
Deborah Berebichez , Mexican physicist
Deborah Blaisdell, pseudonym of Tracey Adams (* 1959), American porn actress
Deborah Chiesa (* 1996), Italian tennis player
Deborah Coleman (1956–2018), American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
Deborah Colker (* 1961), Brazilian dancer and choreographer
Deborah Compagnoni (* 1970), Italian ski racer
Deborah Cox (* 1974), Canadian singer and actress
Deborah Crombie (* 1952), American crime novel writer
Deborah Danz (* 1993), German tennis player
Deborah De Luca (* 1980), Italian DJ
Deborah Anne Dyer (* 1967), British singer
Deborah Eisenberg (* 1945), American writer
Deborah Ellis (* 1960), Canadian author
Deborah Epstein, known as SoShy (* 1982), French-American pop and R'n'B singer-songwriter
Deborah Feldman (* 1986), American-German author
Déborah François (* 1987), Belgian actress
Deborah Froese (* 1957), Canadian writer for children and young people
Deborah Garrison (* 1965), American poet
Déborah Giaoui (* 1980), French volleyball and beach volleyball player
Deborah Gibson (* 1970), American singer and actress
Deborah Gravenstijn (* 1974), Dutch judoka
Deborah Harry (* 1945), American singer and actress
Deborah Hawksley (* 1970), British opera and concert singer
Déborah Heissler (* 1976), French writer, poet and essayist
Deborah Henson-Conant (* 1953), American composer and harpist
Deborah Jo Hunter (born 1962), American actress
Deborah Jin (1968–2016), American physicist
Deborah Kaufmann (* 1970), German actress
Déborah Kerfs (* 1995), Belgian tennis player
Deborah Kerr (1921-2007), British actress
Deborah Knox (* 1968), Scottish curler
Deborah Lester (* 1965), American model and porn actress
Deborah Lipstadt (* 1947), American historian
Déborah Lukumuena (* 1994), French actress
Deborah Mash (* 1952), American physician
Deborah Meyer (* 1952), American swimmer
Deborah Moggach (* 1948), British writer
Deborah Moore (born 1963), British actress
Deborah Jeane Palfrey (1956–2008), American entrepreneur
Deborah Polaski (* 1949), American opera and concert singer
Deborah Pratt (* 1951), American actress, screenwriter and television producer
Deborah Raffin (1953–2012), American actress and producer
Deborah Rennard (born 1959), American actress
Déborah Rodríguez (* 1992), Uruguayan athlete
Deborah Rush (born 1954), American actress
Déborah Sananes (* 1995), French sprinter from Ivory Coast
Deborah Sasson (* 1959), American opera singer and musical artist
Deborah Schindler , American film producer
Deborah Sengl (* 1974), Austrian artist
Deborah Shelton (born 1948), American actress
Deborah Sosimenko (* 1974), Australian hammer thrower
Deborah Ann Stabenow (* 1950), American politician
Deborah Tannen (* 1945), American sociolinguist
Deborah Theaker (born 1964), Canadian actress
Deborah Tranelli (* 1955), American actress and musician
Deborah Kara Unger (born 1966), Canadian actress
Deborah Van Valkenburgh (* 1952), American film and stage actress
Deborah Voigt (* 1960), American opera singer
Delia-Deborah Wagner (* 1986), German actress
Deborah Zoe (born 1972), American actress