Bobby (given name)
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| Related names | Robert, Roberta, Bobbi, Bobbie, Bob |
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Bobby is a masculine and feminine hypocorism and given name. It is usually a variant of Robert (male) or Roberta (female)). The female version is also sometimes spelled "Bobbie".
"Bobby" is a diminutive of "Bob", itself a diminutive which most likely originated from the hypocorism Rob, short for Robert. Rhyming names were popular in the Middle Ages, so Richard became Rick, Hick, or Dick, William became Will or Bill, and Robert became Rob, Hob, Dob, Nob, or Bob.[1][2]
List
Notable people named Bobby include:
Real people
- Bobby Abreu, (born 1974), Venezuelan-American Major League Baseball right fielder playing for the New York Yankees, previously with the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. He has won 2 MLB all star awards
- Bobby Äikiä, (born 1995), Swedish boy murdered by his mother and stepfather
- Bobby Allison, (born 1937), former American NASCAR Winston Cup driver; named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers
- Bobby Ball, (born 1944), British comedian
- Bobby Bland, American blues singer and a member of the Rock and Roll Hame
- Bobby Blotzer, Drummer for the hard rock Ratt
- Bobby Bonds (1946–2003), American right fielder in Major League Baseball (1968-1981), primarily with the San Francisco Giants, father of Barry Bonds
- Bobby Bonilla, former baseball player
- Bobby Bowden, college football coach
- Bobby Brown, American singer
- Bobby Buntrock, former child star
- Bobby Burns (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bobby Clarke, former professional hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers
- Bobby Charlton, former English footballer
- Bobby Collier (1929–2000), American football player
- Bobby Cox, manager of the Atlanta Braves
- Bobby Dall, bass player for the band Poison
- Bobby Darin, American singer
- Bobby Day, American singer
- Bobby Davro (born 1958), English actor and comedian
- Bobby Dodd, college football hall of fame coach and player
- Bobby Doerr, former Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame star player
- Bobby Driscoll, former child actor
- Bobby Eaton retired professional wrestler
- Bobby Farrelly, American movie producer and director, one half of the Farrelly Brothers
- Bobby Fischer, chess grandmaster
- Bobby Flay, chef
- Bobby Freeman , American singer
- Bobby Fresques, American football player
- Bobby Fuller, rock and roll singer
- Bobby Goldsboro, American singer
- Bobby Gordon (1923–2001), Scottish footballer
- Bobby Gordon (American football) (1935–1990), American football player
- Bobby Green (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bobby Grich, American baseball player
- Bobby Hamilton Jr., race car driver
- Bobby Hatfield, singer, one half of the Righteous Brothers
- Bobby Heenan, former wrestler, manager and announcer
- Bobby Helms, singer and writer of Jingle Bell Rock
- Bobby Higginson, American baseball player
- Bobby Hill (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
- Bobby Hull, former professional hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Bobby Hurley, former NBA player
- Bobby Ingram, Molly Hatchet guitarist
- Bobby Jenks, MLB pitcher on the Chicago White Sox
- Bobby Jindal, Louisiana politician
- Bobby Jones (golfer), golfer
- Bobby Knight, basketball coach
- Bobby Labonte, NASCAR driver
- Bobby Lashley, WWE wrestler
- Bobby Lane (born 1939), American football player
- Bobby Layne, American football player
- Bobby Lewis, singer
- Bobby Ljunggren, Swedish songwriter
- Bobby Majors, American football player
- Bobby McFerrin, singer
- Bobby Mitchell, football player
- Bobby Murcer, former baseball player
- Bobby Moore (1941–1993), English footballer
- Bobby Nichols, former pro golfer
- Bobby Nystrom, NHL hockey player for the New York Islanders
- Bobby Ojeda, former baseball pitcher and a member of the champion 1986 New York Mets
- Bobby Ologun, foreign television performer in Japan and mixed martial arts fighter
- Bobby Orr (born 1948), retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks
- Bobby Pesavento (born 1979), American football player
- Bobby Petrino, football coach
- Bobby Pickett, (Boris) singer of the famed Monster Mash
- Bobby Quarry, pro boxer, younger brother of boxer Jerry Quarry
- Bobby Rahal, race car driver and owner
- Bobby Richardson, former New York Yankee
- Bobby Riggs, tennis player'
- Bobby Robertson, American football player
- Sir Bobby Robson, English football manager and footballer
- Bobby Roode, pro wrestler
- Bobby Rydell, singer
- Bobby Rush, Democrat Representative in Illinois
- Bobby Sands, Irish volunteer of the Provisional IRA, hunger striker and member of the United Kingdom Parliament
- Bobby Seale, founder of the Black Panther Party
- Bobby Short, American singer
- Bobby Sherman, teen idol
- Bobby Shmurda, rapper
- Bobby Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bobby Thigpen , former Chicago White Sox closer
- Bobby Thomson, baseball player
- Bobby Unser, American racing driver
- Bobby Valentine, baseball player and manager of Texas Rangers and New York Mets
- Bobby V (born 1980), African-American R&B singer
- Bobby Van (actor) (1928–1980), American actor, also a gameshow host.
- Bobby Vee American singer
- Bobby Vinton, singer
- Bobby Wagner, NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks
- Bobby Williamson, former Scottish footballer and current football manager
- Bobby Womack, gospel singer
- Bobby Wayne Woods (1965-2009), American kidnapper, rapist and murderer
- Bobby Zamora, English footballer
- Bobby Zarin - reality star of The Real Housewives of New York City
- Kim Jiwon, a South Korean rapper who goes by the name Bobby
Fictional characters
- Bobby, title character in the animated TV show Bobby's World
- Bobby Baccalieri, in the HBO series The Sopranos
- Bobby Brady, in The Brady Bunch
- Bobby Breckinridge, in Degrassi
- Bobby Bond, best friend of King Kong on The King Kong Show
- Bobby Boucher, lead character in the film The Waterboy
- Bobby Caffey, from the TV series Third Watch
- Bobby Cobb, in the TV series Cougartown
- Bobby Crocker from Kojak
- Bobby Dawson from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Bobby Deerfield, a movie starring Al Pacino
- Bobby Drake, Iceman from the X-Men comics
- Bobby Donnell, in The Practice
- Bobby Ewing, a character from the TV series Dallas
- Bobby Glover, a character in the TV series Little Bill
- Bobby Hill (King of the Hill), a TV character
- Bobby Pendragon, the main character in the series The Pendragon Adventure
- Bobby Generic, a character in the animated series Bobby's World
- Bobby Munson in Sons of Anarchy
- Bobby Simone, in NYPD Blue
- Bobby, in Stephen Sondheim's musical Company
- Ricky Bobby, the main character in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- Bobby Singer in the TV series Supernatural
- Bobby Wheeler (Taxi), a TV character
- Robert Goren ("Bobby"), in Law & Order: Criminal Intent
See also
References
- ↑ Hiskey, Daven. "How Dick Came to be Short for Richard". Retrieved September 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Nickname history". Retrieved November 6, 2015.
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