Surprised by choice of Deborah

[Emileee80]

One of the mums at the school has just had a baby girl and called her Deborah! Her nickname is Bee as that's apparently its meaning. Are 70s names due a revival??

Her son is called A m o s (separated so not googlable!), which seems more cool and on trend.
WDYT?

To quote the late Marc Bolan. 'oh Deborah, you look like a zebra'

I love it, sounds class and fresh in a class of Ava and Lily and Freya’s

Classy*

And the pulp connection only makes it better

I like Deborah

Not shortened though

I also like

Susannah
Christina
Anita
Leah
Vanessa

Also love it ! And like Amos too.

Sorry going against the grain, I think it's awful!

I really like Amos and Bee though.

When I had my son there was a baby Stephanie and Jason on the ward. I thought both were dated but what the heck. Beautiful babies.

I don't like names beginning with D (mine does) so wouldn't choose Deborah myself but think Amos (which I really love) and Bee sound like a lovely sibling pair.
I know a Melanie, Jason and Ryan (siblings) which sounded dated to me initially but I can't imagine them with other names now.

I know a few (non-Jewish background) toddlers now with Old Testament names like Rebecca, Ruth, Naomi, Esther, Hannah, Abigail - definitely coming back, though Hannah's been common for a while.

Deborah Vivien Cavendish the late duchess of Devonshire.
I think it's a lovely name.
Also a pulp fan and will be humming that song all day now. Also Slaves "Where's your car Debbie?" just popped into my head.

I think it's beautiful and goes really well with the other OT name. Bee is a cute, more 'on trend' nn anyway.

Deborah is great. A bit more imaginative than the usual Lily, Molly, Milly, Ava, Evie, Ellie, Mia, Sophie hordes.

Yuck. Awful name.

Love Bea though. She should've just called her that!

Feels quite retro these days and the pulp connection is a good one. I think.
Much prefer Deborah to Debra though- yuk (sorry if anyone else has that name!)