Entry № 2695 · Hebrew origin

Dvorah Dvorah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ deh-VOH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Bee (biblical Deborah judge + prophetess of Israel)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "bee (biblical deborah judge + prophetess of israel)".

Dvorah is from the Hebrew דְּבוֹרָה (Dəvōrāh — bee) — Hebrew form of Deborah. Dvorah is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish + Christian heritage. Hebrew feminine name reflecting biblical heritage.

Bee (biblical Deborah judge + prophetess of Israel) — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

דְּבוֹרָה
Transliteration
Dəvōrāh
Pronunciation
/ dɛˈvoʊ.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dvorah stands.

Dvorah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Dvorahs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Deborah / Dvorah
Only female judge in Book of Judges + prophetess of Israel + Song of Deborah Judges 5.
Tanakh

Names connected to Dvorah.

The number behind Dvorah.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dvorah reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.