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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:

  1. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Bobe.
  2. 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

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