Given name
Deberah
“bee”
Deberah is a variant of Deborah. One Hebrew interpretation is “bee.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deberah is a variant of Deborah. One Hebrew interpretation is “bee.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Deberah 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 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Deberah 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
Deberah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 394
- 0 boys · 394 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 35 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 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 354 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.
Deberah’s family of names
Deberah has a related form in Deborah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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