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Debera

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How to Pronounce Debera

Pronounced DEB-er-uh /ˈdɛb.ər.ə/High

Meaning: Debera is a sound-it-out spelling of Deborah, from Hebrew devorah, 'bee.' In the Book of Judges, Deborah is a prophetess and the only female judge of Israel; every spelling, including this one, carries that ancient meaning.Medium

In 30 seconds: Debera is Deborah spelled as spoken (said 'DEB-er-uh'), keeping the Hebrew meaning 'bee.'

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Origin MediumHebrew

MeaningDebera is a sound-it-out spelling of Deborah, from Hebrew devorah, 'bee.' In the Book of Judges, Deborah is a prophetess and the only female judge of Israel; every spelling, including this one, carries that ancient meaning.

U.S. rank (1980)#10771 ↘ Falling

1980 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1955

Total births (all-time)≈ 1,252

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Debera is one of the phonetic variants that fanned out from Deborah in mid-twentieth-century America. The parent name is Hebrew devorah, 'bee,' borne by the warrior-prophetess of Judges. This spelling simply mirrors the everyday 'DEB-er-uh' pronunciation.

The variant crested around 1955, right in the heart of Deborah's postwar heyday, and had faded by the early 1980s. Deborah itself has since gone quiet too, and this respelling shows no separate revival, reading today as a mid-century clerical variant.

Did you know? Debera surfaced during the mid-1950s Deborah boom, when the biblical name and its many respellings crowded the charts at once.

Overall data confidence 70%

References — Debera — Respelling of Deborah (Heb 'bee'); mid-1950s peak

Variations

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Nicknames

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Debera mean?

Debera is a spelling of Deborah, from the Hebrew devorah, meaning 'bee.'

How do you pronounce Debera?

It's said DEB-er-uh /ˈdɛb.ər.ə/ — three syllables, stress on the first.

Is Debera a boy or girl name?

Debera is used as a girl's name, as a variant of Deborah.

How popular is Debera?

Debera was a mid-twentieth-century spelling variant of Deborah and is rare today.