Deb

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Debbie in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 19 more, Devi in IN India, ID Indonesia, MY Malaysia, Dev in FR France, NP Nepal and דבי in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Deb is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname348K records spelled Deb17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Chinese, German

  Also written Déb, Dëb, Dêb

• French surname21K records spelled Deb10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, India, United States, Spain

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Déb, Dèb, Dėb, Deb', Déb'

• French surname2.2K records spelled Deb32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Senegal, Spain, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan, Thai

  Also written Diop, ดอบ, Dop, Dìõp, Dïop

65 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Deb is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Dutch, clipping of debiel

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In pau, sugar cane

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In bnt-pro, be drunk

  as a word·Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

• In bnt-pro, être ivre

  as a word·Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 87 years between 1918–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Anish Debb. 1951INBengali writer
• Sagarmay Debb. 1953computer scientist (1953-)
• Siddhartha Debb. 1970INIndian author born in Meghalaya
• Linnea Debb. 1977SESwedish singer, songwriter and producer
• Joy Debb. 1979SESwedish songwriter
• Sopan Debb. 1988USAmerican journalist
• Trisha Debb. 1991INIndian archer
• Raja Narayan DebINIndian music composer
• Maya DebINIndian ostracodologist and zoologist
• Satamita DebINresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 238 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Deb?

We estimate roughly 101 thousand people bear Deb (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Deb have the most bearers?

Deb is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled debbie.

How common is Deb compared with other names?

In India, Deb is the 2nd most common surname of 2,352,292 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Deb mean?

Recorded meaning: A debutante (a young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society).