Deborah or Debra?

[TheItalianPony]

NN - Bee (As the name means Bee)

Or neither?!

Deborah

I love Deborah. Not mad about Debra personally.

Deborah. Bee is a nice diminutive.

Deborah (as she looks like a zeborah)

Definitely Deborah

Melissa also means honey bee.

Neither. Awful.

Just go with Bea.

Debra is a charity:

www.debra.org.uk

So, Deborah it is.

I knew the name meant Bee but never heard Bee used as a NN. I quite like it

Neither

Deborah. I actually love it!

Deborah.

Debra the Zebra

Deborah. Debra contains the word Bra.

Deborah

Deborah is the correct spelling

Neither

Unless you’re giving birth to a 45 year old

Awful name

Thanks everyone ☺

@UpToMyEye 😂 I hear ya! BUT we aren't only naming a cutsey baby...that baby will become a child, a teen, an adult and yes, a 45 year old and (hopefully!) beyond!

Deborah

But Bea is lovely on it's own.

Debra always reminds me of cobra. Definitely Deborah.

Neither, there's the potential for Debbie or Debs, which I'm sure you won't want. Beatrice would give you 'Bee' and is much nicer.

The Bea I know pronounces it Bay-ah.
Also know a Deborah who changed it as she didn't appreciate Debbie and Debs.

I just always think
"Your name was Deborah (Deborah), it never suited ya"

Deborah

@TheItalianPony

Thanks everyone ☺

@UpToMyEye 😂 I hear ya! BUT we aren't only naming a cutsey baby...that baby will become a child, a teen, an adult and yes, a 45 year old and (hopefully!) beyond!

Agreed she will! But there is a whole world of grey area between a cutesy baby name and Debra! And don’t forget what her peers will be called, this isn’t the 80s she won’t be growing up with other Debras, Karens, Sharons and Paulas, she’ll be growing up with Evies, Olivias, Bellas, Ivys etc, so poor old Debra will still stick out like a sore thumb with a frumpy old fashioned name - even at 45! If you like Bea just call her that?

How about Rebecca? Similar sound to it.
Could still do Bea, along with Bec, Becca and Becky?