Details for the forename Deborah

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Deborah (female)


Variants:	Debra (F) Devora (F) Devorah (F) Dvoire (F) Gobnait (F)
Diminutive(s):	Deb (F)
Pet Name(s):	Debbi (F) Debbie (F) Debby (F) Debi (F) Debs (F)
Can be spelt:	Debora (F)

Source(s):	FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	Jewish and English from Hebrew "bee"; OT Genesis 35:8 & Judges 4-5. Deborah is sometimes used as an Anglicized version of the Irish name Gobnait. Deborah occurs rarely in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire, both with and without the final letter "-h".