{{Infobox name | name = Debbie | image = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Female | meaning = bee | region = | origin = Hebrew | related names = Deb, Debs, Debra, Deborah, Debbi | footnotes = }}
'''Debbie''' (or '''Debby''') is a feminine given name. It is often short for Debra or Deborah, which means “bee”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Debbie name Meaning and Origin |url=https://babys.name/detail-Debbie-Meaning-Origin-Famous-Similar-Sibling.html |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=babys.name}}</ref>
==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 * {{anbl|Debbie McWhinnie}} * 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)
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