Given name & surname
Devra
“bee”
Devra is a variant of Deborah. One Hebrew interpretation is “bee.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Devra is a variant of Deborah. One Hebrew interpretation is “bee.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Devra 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 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Devra 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
Devra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 781
- 0 boys · 781 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 34 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 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 846 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.
Devra’s family of names
Devra has a related form in Deborah. In Greek usage, Devra as a surname is a transliteration of Δέβρα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Devra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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