Given name
Debbi
“bee”
Debbi is a variant of Deborah. One Hebrew interpretation is “bee.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Debbi is a variant of Deborah. One Hebrew interpretation is “bee.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Debbi 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 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Debbi 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
Debbi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,973
- 0 boys · 2,973 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 297 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 5 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 297 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,838 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Debbi’s family of names
Debbi is an affectionate form of Deborah. Debbi has a related form in Deborah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Debbi
- Debbi MorganAmerican actressborn 1956
- Debbi Wilkesfigure skaterborn 1946
- DebbiGerman-Czech singerborn 1993
- Debbi BesserglickIsraeli actress1955–2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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