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RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Debbie.

Bee, through Deborah

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Gender context
Not classified
Letters
6
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
Not verified
First letter
D
Sources
4

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Debbie mean?

Debbie is a familiar form of Deborah, built with the English affectionate ending -ie. Deborah is a Hebrew biblical name meaning bee, supported by the medieval-name dictionary as well as the linked name tradition.

The insect meaning belongs to the underlying full name; the shortened spelling does not introduce an additional lexical meaning. Debbie can also stand as the recorded given name, so an individual should not automatically be renamed Deborah in formal use.

References for this explanation

  1. Wiktionary contributors — Debbie (English) ↗
  2. Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Deborah ↗

Pronunciation & syllables

Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.

English

  • /ˈdɛbi/
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and name formation

Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

Use in Philippine-linked records

Public-record transcription

1

eligible source records · 2001

This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.

OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Debbie in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Debbie appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →

Similar names to Debbie

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What rhymes with Debbie?

No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.

Names with a similar written ending

Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.

BobbieHerbieJubieJude Dexter BobbieLibbieRabbieRobbie

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Follow the sources

  1. OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)

    Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.

  2. COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)

    Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.

  3. Wiktionary contributors — Debbie (English) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.

  4. Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Deborah (opens in a new tab)

    Hebrew name meaning bee.