Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Debbie
/DEB · ee/
Meaning
“Bee”
Diminutive of Deborah, from the Hebrew meaning bee, a symbol of industriousness in the ancient world. Became a full given name in its own right in mid-century America.
Nicknames
deb · debby · debra
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Solidly mid-century; one of the most generationally anchored names in English.
The cultural moment.
Top 20 in the US from the 1950s through the 1960s; rarely given to babies today.