Debra
Debra is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Debra is an English short form of the first name Debora , which comes from Hebrew and means "bee".
The name was in the TOP 100 of American first names from 1950 to 1974 and reached its top position in 1956 with second place. Since 1999 it is no longer represented in the TOP 1000.
Name bearers
- Debra Daniel (* 1991), Micronesian swimmer
- Debra DeLee (born Debra Epstein; * 1948), American politician of the Democratic Party
- Debra Feuer (born 1959), American actress
- Debra Fischer (* 1953), American astronomer and discoverer of extra-solar planets
- Debra Hamel (* 1964), American ancient historian
- Debra Hill (1950–2005), American screenwriter and film producer
- Debra Messing (* 1968), American actress
- Debra O'Connor (* 1966), badminton player from Trinidad and Tobago
- Debra Paget (born Debralee Griffin; * 1933), American actress
- Debra Sapenter (actually Deborah Elaine Sapenter, married Speight; * 1952), American sprinter
- Debra Satz , American philosopher and political scientist
- Debra Winger (born 1955), American actress
Others
- The Linux distribution Debian is named after Debra and Ian Murdock