Debbie
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | bee |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Deb, Debs, Debra, Deborah |
Debbie (or Debby or Deb) is a feminine given name, commonly but not always short for Deborah (or Debra and related variants).
Debbie is a name of Hebrew origin, derived from the Hebrew name Deborah, which means “bee”.[1]
Notable people
[edit]- Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer and film director
- Debbie Abrahams, British Labour Party politician
- Debbie Amis Bell, American Civil Rights activist
- Debbie Armstrong, American athlete
- Debby Boone, American singer and author
- Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
- Debbie Cook, Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California
- Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker
- Debbie Deb, American singer
- Debbie Fuller, Canadian diver
- Debbie Gibson, American singer, songwriter and actress
- Debbie Harry, lead singer from the band Blondie
- Debbie Lesko, American politician
- Debbie Marti, English high jumper
- Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress
- Debbie McLeod, Scottish field hockey player
- Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, American politician
- Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, New Zealand politician
- Debbie Reynolds, American actress (born Mary Frances Reynolds)
- Debby Ryan, American actress
- Debbie Ryan, American basketball coach
- Debby Susanto, Indonesian former badminton player
- Debbie Muir (born 1953), Canadian former synchronized swimmer and coach
- Debbie Stabenow, American legislator
- Debbie Turner, actor, Marta von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music'
- Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American legislator
- Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson’s ex wife
- Debbie Young, British writer
- Debbie Yow, American college basketball player
Fictional characters
[edit]- Debbie Bates, a character from the BBC soap oprea EastEnders
- Debbie Benton, (portrayed by Bambi Woods), the eponymous lead in the film, Debbie Does Dallas
- Debbie Dean (portrayed by Jodi Albert), a character in the British soap opera, Hollyoaks
- Debbie Dingle (portrayed by Charley Webb), a character in the British soap opera, Emmerdale
- Debbie Downer (portrayed by Rachel Dratch), a character on Saturday Night Live
- Debbie Edwards (portrayed by Natalie Wood and Lana Wood), character in the film, The Searchers
- Debbie Eagan, from the Netflix series GLOW
- Debbie Gallagher (portrayed by Rebecca Ryan), one of the lead characters in British & American television drama, Shameless & Shameless (portrayed by Emma Kenney)
Songs
[edit]- "Debbie" by R. Stevie Moore from the album Everything You Always Wanted To Know About R. Stevie Moore But Were Afraid To Ask
- "Debbie," one of two new songs from the B-52s' 1998 compilation album Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation
- "Debbie character used in the song "1985" by American pop-rock band Bowling for Soup
- "Debbie", by Johnny Crawford from A Young Man's Fancy, 1962
- "Debbie", by Wale from Wow... That's Crazy, 2019
Other uses
[edit]- Little Debbie snacks
- Tropical Storm Debbie
- Tropical Storm Debby
- Debby (polar bear), the world's oldest polar bear
- "Debbie (Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode)", a season 7 episode of the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Debbie Does Dallas, a 1978 film
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Debbie name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
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