Deb

Short form of Deborah, Hebrew

"bee"

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.

Deb Rank in US Top 1000

# 899 in the US

Famous People Named Deb

• Debra Strobel "Deb" Fischer U.S. Senator from Nebraska
• Deborah L. "Deb" Mell American politician
• Debra "Deb" Covey Barnett, Canadian field hockey player
• Deborah "Deb" Whitten Canadian field hockey player
• Deborah Drake "Deb" Matthews Deputy Premier of Ontario, Canada
• Deb Richard American golfer

Deb in Pop Culture

• Deb character in movie Napoleon Dynamite
• Deb Lee character on TV's "One Tree Hill"
• Jing Mei Debra "Deb" Chen, character on TV's "ER"
• Deb nickname for a debutante