Debbie

Debbie

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	bee
Other names
Related names	Deb, Debs, Debra, Deborah, Debbi

Debbie (or Debby) is a feminine given name. It is often short for Debra or Deborah, which means “bee”.

Notable people

• Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer and film director
• Debbie Abrahams, British Labour Party politician
• Debbie Amis Bell, American Civil Rights activist
• Debbie Armstrong, American athlete
• Debby Boone, American singer and author
• Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
• Debbie Cook, Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California
• Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker
• Debbie Deb, American singer
• Debbie Deere (born 1964), American politician
• Debbie DiFranco, American politician
• Debbie Fuller, Canadian diver
• Debbie Gibson, American singer, songwriter and actress
• Debbie Harry, lead singer from the band Blondie
• Debbie Lesko, American politician
• Debbie Marti, English high jumper
• Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress
• Debbie McLeod, Scottish field hockey player
• Debbie McWhinnie (born 1981), Scottish footballer
• Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, American politician
• Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, New Zealand politician
• Debbie O'Malley, American politician
• Debbie Reynolds, American actress (born Mary Frances Reynolds)
• Debby Ryan, American actress
• Debbie Ryan, American basketball coach
• Debby Susanto, Indonesian former badminton player
• Debbie Muir (born 1953), Canadian former synchronized swimmer and coach
• Debbie Stabenow, American legislator
• Debbie Turner, actor, Marta von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music'
• Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American legislator
• Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson’s ex wife
• Debbie Young, British writer
• Debbie Yow, American college basketball player

Fictional characters

• Debbie Bates, a character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Debbie Benton, (portrayed by Bambi Woods), the eponymous lead in the film, Debbie Does Dallas
• Debbie Dean (Hollyoaks) (portrayed by Jodi Albert), a character in the British soap opera, Hollyoaks
• Debbie Dingle (portrayed by Charley Webb), a character in the British soap opera, Emmerdale
• Debbie Downer (portrayed by Rachel Dratch), a character on Saturday Night Live
• Debbie Edwards (portrayed by Natalie Wood and Lana Wood), character in the film, The Searchers
• Debbie Eagan, from the Netflix series GLOW
• Debbie Gallagher (portrayed by Rebecca Ryan), one of the lead characters in British & American television drama, Shameless & Shameless (portrayed by Emma Kenney)
• Debbie Grayson, wife to Omni-Man in Invincible
• Debbie Jellinsky (portrayed by Joan Cusack), main antagonist in the film Addams Family Values
• Debbie Kang, minor character in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
• Debbie Turnbull (voiced by Lorraine Pilkington), mother of protagonist Tommy Turnbull in the British-French animated series Robotboy
• Debbie Winslow (portrayed by Judy Greer) in the film Marmaduke.

Songs

• "Debbie" by R. Stevie Moore from the album Everything You Always Wanted To Know About R. Stevie Moore But Were Afraid To Ask
• "Debbie," one of two new songs from the B-52s' 1998 compilation album Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation
• "Debbie", by Johnny Crawford from A Young Man's Fancy, 1962
• "Debbie", by Wale from Wow... That's Crazy, 2019
• Debbie, the character in the song "1985" by American rock band SR-71, and covered by Bowling For Soup

Other uses

• List of storms named Debbie
• List of storms named Debby
• Debby (polar bear), the world's oldest polar bear
• "Debbie" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode), a 2020 television episode
• "Debbie" (Not Going Out), a 2011 television episode
• Debbie Does Dallas, a 1978 film

See also

• Deb (disambiguation)
• Debs (disambiguation)
• Debra (disambiguation)
• Deborah (disambiguation)