# Debbie

Debbie (or Debby or Deb) is a feminine given name, commonly but not always short for Deborah (or Debra and related variants).
Debbie is a name of Hebrew origin, derived from the Hebrew name 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 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 Meyer, American swimmer
* Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, American politician
* Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, New Zealand 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 oprea EastEnders
* Debbie Benton, (portrayed by Bambi Woods), the eponymous lead in the film, Debbie Does Dallas
* Debbie Dean (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 Turnbull (voiced by Lorraine Pilkington), mother of protagonist Tommy Turnbull in the British-French animated series Robotboy

## 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 character used in the song "1985" by American pop-rock band Bowling for Soup
* "Debbie", by Johnny Crawford from A Young Man's Fancy, 1962
* "Debbie", by Wale from Wow... That's Crazy, 2019

## Other uses

* Little Debbie snacks
* 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 season 7 episode of the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine
* Debbie Does Dallas, a 1978 film