Bobby - name meaning, origin

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

The baby name Bobby sounds like Bobbi, Bobbe and Bobbye. Other similar baby names are Robby, Abby, Bamby, Bonny, Bobbie, Bobbee, Bauby, Barby, Babb, Bebba, Debby, Libby, Joby, Jobey, Robbi, Robbey, Bobie, Bobi, Tabby, Tibby, Toby and Tobey.

Bobby is a very common first name for women (#1019 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#18799 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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