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Meaning of the nameDeborah

Deborah is a spelling of the name Débora, which means “bee”.

Meaning

“bee”

Meaning of the name Débora, of which Deborah is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Deborah · Behind the Name: Deborah

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People (2022)
18,733
Rank in Brazil
#1,111
Median age
27 years
2010 Census
10,355
people

Deborah in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Deborah, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (4,966 people).

18,666 women 67 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Deborah is most common

States with the highest share of people named Deborah in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Distrito Federal 0.019%
  2. Amazonas 0.019%
  3. Goiás 0.015%
  4. Paraíba 0.013%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.013%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,2440.010%
Minas Gerais2,3720.012%
Rio de Janeiro2,0670.013%
Goiás1,0200.015%
Paraná9240.008%
Pernambuco8230.009%
Ceará7310.008%
Amazonas7280.019%
Bahia6900.005%
Maranhão5850.009%
Distrito Federal5250.019%
Paraíba5220.013%
Pará4780.006%
Rio Grande do Sul4300.004%
Santa Catarina4040.005%
Rio Grande do Norte3330.010%
Espírito Santo3300.009%
Mato Grosso2790.008%
Alagoas2490.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul2390.009%
Piauí2250.007%
Tocantins1680.011%
Sergipe1410.006%
Acre720.009%
Rondônia680.004%
Amapá430.006%
Roraima430.007%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Deborah

It keeps the final h of the English form Deborah, which the dictionary lists among the variants of Débora.

About the name Débora

Débora comes from Hebrew dvorá, 'bee', according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name, and is the name of a prophetess and judge of Israel in the Book of Judges. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Machado (1981), for whom the name came from Latin Débora, of Hebrew origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 322,208 people named Débora, with a median age of 29. It is an almost always female name, with the largest group born in the 1990s.

Other spellings of Débora

SpellingPeople (2022)
Débora322,208
Deborah18,733

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Deborah · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Deborah · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Débora · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Débora · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Deborah

What does the name Deborah mean?

Deborah means “bee”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Débora, of which Deborah is a spelling.

How many people are named Deborah in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 18,733 people with the first name Deborah, which ranks it number 1,111 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Deborah a boy's or a girl's name?

Deborah is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 18,666 women and 67 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Deborah?

Deborah is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Deborah most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.019% of the state's population is named Deborah (525 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Deborah?

Débora. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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