Debbie

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”.

Notable people

For people named Debbi, see Debbi.

• Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer and film director
• Debbie Armstrong, American athlete
• Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
• Debbie Cook, Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California
• Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker
• Debbie Fuller, Canadian diver
• Debbie Gibson, American singer, songwriter and actress
• Debbie Harry, lead singer from the band Blondie
• Debbie Marti, English high jumper
• Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress
• Debbie McLeod, Scottish field hockey player
• Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
• Debbie Reynolds, American actress (born Mary Frances Reynolds)
• Debby Ryan, American actress
• 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

Fictional characters

• Debbie, a character in the 1988 American science fiction movie Mac and Me
• 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 Gallagher (portrayed by Rebecca Ryan), one of the lead characters in British television drama, Shameless
• Debbie Jellinsky, (portrayed by Joan Cusack), a character from the film Addams Family Values
• Debbie Kang, a minor character from Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

Songs

• "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

Other uses

• Tropical Storm Debbie
• Tropical Storm Debby
• Debby (polar bear), the world's oldest polar bear

See also

• Deb (disambiguation)
• Debs (disambiguation)
• Debra (disambiguation)
• Deborah (disambiguation)