Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Debra
/DEB · rah/
Meaning
“Bee”
American variant of Deborah, simplified in spelling, from Hebrew meaning bee. The Debra spelling surged in mid-century America alongside the standard Deborah form.
Nicknames
deb
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Firmly mid-20th century American; feels dated but stable.
The cultural moment.
Top 10 in the US from the late 1950s through the 1960s; very rare for new births now.