| Debbie | |
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| a bee | |
| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | Honey bee |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Related names | Deb,Deborah |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with "Debbie " |
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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.
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Notable people
- Debbie Allen - American actress, choreographer and 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 Does Dallas
- 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
- 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'
- Debby Ryan- American actress
- Debbie Yong- Singaporean journalist
- Debby (polar bear), the world's oldest polar bear
Fictional Characters
- 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
- Debbie - a made-up polly pocket with orange afro style pigtails and an unusual obsession with lunch boxes.
- Debbie - song character from Minneapolis based alternative rock band "Smell My Pillow"
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
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
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