Given name
Debb
“bee”
Debb is a variant of Deborah. One Hebrew interpretation is “bee.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Debb is a variant of Deborah. One Hebrew interpretation is “bee.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Debb is a variant of Deborah. An origin associated with Deborah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Debb is a variant of Deborah. The history of Deborah gives this family its wider story. Deborah has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Debb through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 0 boys · 13 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1957.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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