Bobby - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Bobby \b(ob)-by\, also used as girl's name Bobby, is a variant of Bob (Old English) and Robert (Old German), and the meaning of Bobby is "bright fame".

The baby name Bobby sounds like Bobbey, Bobbie, Bobbee and Bubba. Other similar baby names are Cobby and Robby.

Bobby is a very common first name for men (#83 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#18799 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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