Entry № 1807 · Hebrew origin

Dvora Dvora — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ deh-VOH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Bee (Yiddish-Hebrew + Prophetess Deborah Book of Judges)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "bee (yiddish-hebrew + prophetess deborah book of judges)".

Dvora is from the Yiddish דבורה (Dvora) — Yiddish-Ashkenazi rendition of Hebrew דְּבוֹרָה (Devorahbee). A modern American baby name in the broader Yiddish-Hebrew heritage aesthetic. Dvora is one of the foundational Yiddish + Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Prophetess Deborah (foundational 12th-c. BCE Israelite prophetess + judge + foundational fourth judge of pre-monarchic Israel + foundational subject of foundational Song of Deborah Judges 5 — foundational one of oldest passages of Hebrew Bible c. 12th-c. BCE + foundational rare feminine biblical leadership + foundational Battle of Mount Tabor against foundational Canaanite general Sisera). Foundational subject of foundational Jewish feminine leadership theological heritage. Foundational Yiddish-Hebrew feminine name reflecting Ashkenazi Jewish + foundational biblical heritage.

Featured throughout Yiddish heritage.

Bee (Yiddish-Hebrew). Foundational Yiddish-Hebrew feminine + foundational Prophetess Deborah foundational 12th-c. BCE Israelite prophetess + judge + foundational fourth judge of pre-monarchic Israel + foundational Song of Deborah Judges 5 + foundational one of oldest passages of Hebrew Bible c. 12th-c. BCE + foundational rare feminine biblical leadership + foundational Battle of Mount Tabor against Canaanite general Sisera + foundational Jewish feminine leadership theological heritage.

The name in its native script.

דבורה
Transliteration
Devorah
Pronunciation
/ dɛˈvoʊ.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dvora stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Dvora · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Dvoras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Prophetess Deborah
Israelite prophetess + judge + Song of Deborah Judges 5.

Names connected to Dvora.

The number behind Dvora.

7

The Seeker

Dvora reduces to seven.

Why families chose this name.

"Yiddish Deborah. Five letters. Dvora."
Miriam · Mother of one · Jerusalem