Deb
Short form of Deborah, Hebrew
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Updated Thu Apr 18 2024
Deb Origin and Meaning
The name Deb is a girl's name meaning "bee".
During the heyday of Deborah, Debra, and Debra -- the late 1950s and early 60s -- there were enough baby girls named Deb, just Deb, for it to make the Top 1000.
Today, Deb is literally extinct for babies, though there are plenty of grownup women called Deb.
# 899 in the US
Deb Rank in US Top 1000
Famous People Named Deb
- Debra Strobel "Deb" FischerU.S. Senator from Nebraska
- Deborah L. "Deb" MellAmerican politician
- Debra "Deb" CoveyBarnett, Canadian field hockey player
- Deborah "Deb" WhittenCanadian field hockey player
- Deborah Drake "Deb" MatthewsDeputy Premier of Ontario, Canada
- Deb RichardAmerican golfer
Deb in Pop Culture
- Debcharacter in movie Napoleon Dynamite
- Deb Leecharacter on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- JingMei Debra "Deb" Chen, character on TV's "ER"
- Debnickname for a debutante