Debora

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic
Faroese
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

Nordic form of the Hebrew name דְּבוֹרָה (Devorah) = 'bee' ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Debbie	♀
Debora	♀
Debóra	♀
Deborah	♀
Debra	♀

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Debora
Accusative:	Deboru
Dative:	Deboru
Genitive:	Deboru

- Faroese
Nominative:	Debora
Accusative:	Deboru
Dative:	Deboru
Genitive:	Deboru

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 18th century ^[2]

Bible

In the Old Testament Debora was a heroine and prophetess who led the Israelites to defeat Canaanites. It was also the name of the nurse of Rebekka.

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂		Trend
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		198	587	0	0
Denmark[4]		75	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[5]		56	92	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	98	n.a	1
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Debora.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi