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Deborah (F)>

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".