View Message

I've never liked it, because of the Debbie image.
If not for that, I would like it more.
And it seems conspicuously Biblical, which isn't my style. It even still seems Jewish to me, especially now that it's not a fad. Although I don't think that Jewishness limits how much names appeal to people generally now, at all - personally I'd hesitate to use a name that I perceive as belonging to any ethnicity I'm not identified with.
I don't care for the bor sound in it, either.

---

It's really striking how much it was a fad midcentury - I've never even looked at its popularity. There aren't many names that came into fashion and went out so fast, back then.

---

I agree with queenv that it's going to make a comeback in the US at some point. Probably not for a while - maybe more of the slow comeback where it is hipster for a decade or two, and then gets more popular overall as people see it's OK again.
I think if that does happen, though, it seems more likely to be Devorah, not Deborah.
I think Devorah would sound cooler to people than Deborah.

---

- mirfak