Debra

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Hebrew popular in the 1950s and the 1960s.

    ""She's Debra Jean," the children shouted in chorus. "We decided last night with Daddy." - - - So her name is Debbie, I thought to myself. With a pretty name and a family to love her this baby has to make it."

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"Folklorist Debra Lattanzi Shutika knows a thing or two about ghost stories."

Etymology

A spelling variant of Deborah first used in the 20th century.

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