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♂ Bobby (boy)
What does Bobby mean?
Bobby 
▼ as a boys' name (also used less regularly as girls' name Bobby) has its roots in Old English and Old German. Bobby is an alternate form of Bob (Old English): nickname of Robert.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english
Variations
VARIANTS Bobbie▼, Bobbey, Bobbee
RELATED FORMS VIA BOB, ROBERT Rob▼, Roban, Robb, Robben, Robbie▼, Robbin, Robby▼, Robi, Robin▼, Robyn
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Bobly, ..
(female) Bobba, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Bobby Maddox (B.M.), ..
How popular is Bobby?
Bobby is a very popular first name for males (#83 out of 1220, Top 7%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#24406 out of 150436, Top 16%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Bobby entered the list in 1900-1909 and reached its highest rank of #27 in the U.S. in the 1930s, and is at #824 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Robert (#71 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Robin (#1015), Bob, Bobbie, Rob, Robb, Robbie, Robbin, Robby and Robyn are the popular related forms of Bobby (#824) listed in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Bobbey, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Bobby was widespread in the 1930s (AVERAGE #1080) and is now significantly reduced (#1628, DOWN 95.2%), with versions such as Bobbie going out of style.
Similar Names
Bobby▼ is pronounced similarly to Bibi, Bobbee, Bobbey, Bobbie▼ and Bubba. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abby, Bob▼, Boban, Bodey, Bogey, Bogy, Bosly, Busby, Cobby, Coby▼, Colby▼, Corby, Ebby, Gabby, Gibby, Joby, Koby▼, Kolby▼, Robby▼ and Toby▼. These names tend to be less frequently used than Bobby.
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