First names in Hebrew

First name Debby: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

דבורה

Gematria value: 217

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Debby is written דבורה

RecommendedדבורהThe original spellingDebby is an English pet form of Deborah, דבורה in Hebrew.Value: 217

דביAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 16

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Debby mean?

Meaning: pet form of Deborah, "bee"
Origin: Hebrew

Debby is the English pet form of Deborah, and in the America of the 1950s and 1960s it was one of the most familiar names of all, often given as a name in its own right. Deborah is the Hebrew Devorah, “bee”: the insect that gives honey, and that knows how to sting.

Gematria

Debby = 217

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. דבורה has 5 letters:

דthe letter Dalet4
בthe letter Bet2
וthe letter Vav6
רthe letter Resh200
הthe letter He5
Total217

Written דבי (as it sounds in English), Debby is worth 16.

The verse of the name

From the letter Dalet to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Debby, from ד to ה:

דְּאָגָה בְלֶב־אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶנָּה׃

“Worry in a man's heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.”

Proverbs 12:25

The book of your first name

Debby, in nine pages

Debby, in Hebrew
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Debby, day to day
What tradition says about names
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Frequently asked

Debby in three answers

How do you write Debby in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Debby is written דבורה. Debby is an English pet form of Deborah, דבורה in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written דבי.

What is the gematria value of Debby?
Written דבורה, Debby is worth 217: the letter Dalet (4) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter He (5). Written דבי (as it sounds in English), it is worth 16.

What does Debby mean?
Pet form of Deborah, "bee (origin: Hebrew). Debby is the English pet form of Deborah, and in the America of the 1950s and 1960s it was one of the most familiar names of all, often given as a name in its own right. Deborah is the Hebrew Devorah, “bee”: the insect that gives honey, and that knows how to sting.

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