Girl or boy · Germanic, through English
Bobbie
Say it: BOB-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Roberta or Robert, from Germanic hrod 'fame' + berht 'bright'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used for both sexes in the US, mostly for girls, with a peak in the 1930s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States
- 106,689 babies given this name since 1883
- At its height in 1934, about 1 in 476 girls
- 51 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Bobby
Famous bearers
- Bobbie Gentry, American singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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