Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
DvoraIn Hebrew: דבורה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: דְּבוֹרָהRomanization: dvorá
Dvora (Hebrew: דבורה) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 19,019 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 361 girls and ranked #52. Its peak year was 2024, with 361 babies.
- People in Israel
- 19,019
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 361
- rank #52
- Peak year
- 2024
- 361 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Dvora
In Hebrew letters the name is דבורה, read right to left. Dvora is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "dvorá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Dvora, Debora, and Deborah
- Deborah (a judge of Israel)
From Proto-Semitic *dVbr- (“bee”). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܕܒܘܪܐ (debbōrā), Amharic ዲቧራ (dibʷara), Arabic دَبُّور (dabbūr), زُنْبُور (zunbūr), Classical Mandaic ࡆࡉࡌࡁࡅࡓࡀ (zimbura), Aramaic דְּבוֹרְתָא, זִיבּוֹרָא.
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Dvora by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Dvora
How do you write Dvora in Hebrew?
Dvora is written דבורה in Hebrew (with vowel points: דְּבוֹרָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "dvorá".
How many people in Israel are named Dvora?
19,019 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דבורה: 19,019 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Dvora a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named דבורה are women.
What does the name Dvora mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Dvora, Debora, and Deborah" Etymology: From Proto-Semitic *dVbr- (“bee”). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܕܒܘܪܐ (debbōrā), Amharic ዲቧራ (dibʷara), Arabic دَبُّور (dabbūr), زُنْبُور (zunbūr), Classical Mandaic ࡆࡉࡌࡁࡅࡓࡀ (zimbura), Aramaic דְּבוֹרְתָא, זִיבּוֹרָא.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.