Débora
Fewer than 60 Polish women carry this Spanish-inflected form, so most people here will never meet one. Its Hebrew root means "bee".
Débora Pronunciation
Débora is pronounced DÉBO-rah (/ˈdébɔra/).
What Débora means
Where Débora comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Débora begins in Hebrew, where Devora means bee. The word names the insect plainly, the one that gathers and stings. Spanish speakers spell it Débora, with the accent pulling the stress onto the first syllable, and it is in Spain and Latin America that the name found much of its modern life.
The oldest Débora is a warrior. In the Book of Judges, Deborah is a prophetess and a judge who leads Israel into battle and wins. After the fighting she sings, and the Song of Deborah counts among the oldest passages in the Hebrew Bible. A bee that leads an army. The pairing is odd, and it held.
On a Polish class register, Débora sits among the Zuzannas and Julias, marked off by that accent. The bee stayed in the meaning while the biblical judge faded from daily sense. Ask a Polish speaker and the short answer is pszczoła. That is where the name starts and where it returns: bee.
How many people are named Débora
1 in 395506 women in Poland is named Débora. 57 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4912 among female names.
Débora as a middle name
Débora is a first name for 57 women in Poland and a middle name for another 17, a 77/23 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1764th, between Dilan (17) and Dżamila (17).
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#1762 Derya17
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#1763 Dilan17
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#1764 Débora17
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#1765 Dżamila17
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#1766 Edwige17