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
See also
- Song of Deborah , the prophetess and judge Deborah praises