Meaning and origin
Bobby is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Bright Fame`.
Where is it used? The name Bobby is mainly used in English.
How do they say it elsewhere? Bobbi (In English) Bobbie (In English)
See also In Swedish: Barbro In Scottish: Rab In Scottish: Raibeart In Scottish: Rabbie In Russian, Greek and in Bulgarian: Varvara In Portuguese: Bárbara In Polish: Basia In Italian, Spanish and in Portuguese: Roberto In Irish: Báirbre In Hungarian: Borbála In Hungarian: Róbert In German, Dutch and in English: Rupert In Finnish: Roope In English, Italian and in Spanish: Robertina In English, Italian, French, German, Polish and in Hungarian: Barbara (F) In English and in Italian: Roberta (F) In English, French, Scandinavian and in Romanian: Robert (M) In English (Modern): Barbra In English: Robbie In English: Babette In English: Rob In English: Bob In English: Robby In English: Robin In English: Babs In English: Hopkin In Czech and in Slovak: Barbora
Extra information: From Old English.
What Bobby`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Bobby: Your name is Bobby
The worst thing about the name: people call you Bob
If my name wasn`t Bobby....: I would change it to Bobby
Extra information: BOBBY!
Bobby appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 507. The name reached the top-100 5 times. 1940 was a `top year` for the name Bobby. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #30. The last time Bobby appeared among the most common names was in 1920. Our records go back to 1880