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What does Rob mean?

Rob Pronunciation of Rob as a boys' name. Short form of Robert. Bob is more common as a nickname for Robert, but Rob is used more often as an independent name. Actor Rob Lowe.

STARTS WITH Ro-

Variations

VARIANTS Robb, Robbie, Robby

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA BOB, ROBERT Bob, Bobby, Rab, Rip, Roban, Robben, Robbin, Robers, Robi, Robin, Robson, Robyn

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Rob?

Rob is a very popular first name for men (#603 out of 1220, Top 49%) and also a very popular last name for both adults and children (#53782 out of 150436, Top 36%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Rob reached its top position of #390 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rob name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Rob outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Robert (#71 IN 2018), Bobby (#824), Robin (#1015), Bob, Robb, Robbie, Robbin, Robby and Robyn are the popular related forms of Rob appearing in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Rob was widespread in the 1930s (ADOPTION OF 6.5%) and is now significantly less (ADOPTION 0.3%, 95.2%), with forms like Robbie falling out of fashion.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Rob, Bob, Bobby, Robb, Robbie in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Robbin, Robby, Robert, Robin, Robyn in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Bobby, Robbie, Robert, Robin outside U.S.

Similar Names

Rob is pronounced similarly to Rab and Rube. Other recommended sound-alike names are Cob, Hob, Job, Robi, Rod, Roe, Rog, Roi, Ron, Row and Roy. These names tend to be less commonly used than Rob.


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