Deb
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning bee; short form of deborah.
Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Deb by the numbers
Its American peak was 236 babies in 1958, making it a 1950s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Deb. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a bee
Like Deb, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Deborahbee68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Honeysweet substance made by bees253 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pamelaall honey; literary coinage by Philip Sidney153 in the US (2017)
- Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)