First name origin & meaning:
Old English: Bright; famous
First name variations: Robbi, Robbie, Robbee, Robby, RĂ³bert, Roberto, Rupert, Rubert, Robertson, Robin, Robinson, Robbins, Robben, Riobard, Robby, Robbie, Robey, Rober, Rab, Rob, Bobby, Bert, Berty, Tito, Dob, Dobbs, Robert
Last name origins & meanings:
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Bobe.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from
eastern Yiddish bob ‘broad bean’, ‘bean(s)’, hence a metonymic
occupational name for a grower of beans or a nickname for a tall thin
man.
Famous people with this first name:
Bob Dylan,
Bob Geldof
This name appears in the following lists:
Cowboys and Cowgirls,
Dancers,
Poets,
Rock Kings and Queens