Name
BOB

Name BOB

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 92,558 births of Bob in the countries below, which represents an average of 652 births of children bearing the first name Bob per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 161 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Bob   
In Italiano Nome Bob   
Variations : Robert , Robért , Róbert , Ròbert


Information about the first name Bob

We celebrate Bob on January 30th
The first name Bob is listed in our categories :The first name Bob has been assigned to:
99.99% to boys
0.01% to girls
The country where the first name Bob is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 3 letters including 1 vowel and 2 consonants

Bob in Japanese *

Romajibobu
Katakanaボブ
Hiraganaぼぶ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Origin and meaning of name Bob

US English
Etymology src :
  • Probably from a medieval hypocorism of Rob.
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
  • Acronym of battery-operated boyfriend, fortuitously spelling out the male given name Bob in the case of the humorous colloquial definition.
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  • Acronym of back of the book.
Etymology src :
  • blitter object
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob (plural bobs)
  • A bobbing motion; a quick up and down movement.
  • a bob of the head
  • A curtsy.
  • A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • BOB (plural BOBs)
  • (humorous) Vibrator (device designed to stimulate a woman's genitals).
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • BOB (not comparable)
  • (philately) Back-of-the-book; denoting those stamps in a catalogue that are not used for the payment of regular postage fees, and are displayed separately in the catalogue after that listing; the division between these two groups varies with the publisher.
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbing, simple past and past participle bobbed)
  • (transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
  • (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop.
  • To bobsleigh.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob (plural bob)
  • (Kenya, slang; UK and Australia, historical, dated) A shilling.
  • (Australia, dated slang) A 10-cent coin.
  • (slang) An unspecified amount of money.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • BOB (uncountable)
  • Acronym of bur oak blight (“a fungal disease of plants”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob (plural bobs)
  • Abbreviation of shishkabob.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob (plural bobs)
  • (computer graphics, demoscene) A graphical element, resembling a hardware sprite, that can be blitted around the screen in large numbers.
Anagrams src :
  • obb
Anagrams src :
  • obb
Pronunciation src :
  • (UK) enPR: bŏb, IPA(key): /bɒb/
  • Rhymes: -ɒb
  • (US) enPR: bäb, bôb, IPA(key): /bɑb/, /bɔb/
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bŏb, IPA(key): /bɒb/
  • Rhymes: -ɒb
  • (US) enPR: bäb, IPA(key): /bɑb/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːb
Proper noun src :
  • Bob
  • A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
  • (cryptography, physics) The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Bob's your uncle
Noun (Synonyms) src :
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Proper noun (Synonyms) src :
  • Party B (placeholder)
FR French
Etymology src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob m (plural bobs)
  • bucket hat, fishing hat
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob m (plural bobs)
  • (Belgium) designated driver, DD
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /bɔb/
General
Noun src :
ES Spanish
Noun src :
  • bob m (plural bobs)
  • bob, bob haircut (hairstyle)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈbob/ [ˈboβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ob
  • Syllabification: bob
HU Hungarian
Noun src :
  • bob (plural bobok)
  • bobsleigh
  • a type of sled (a flat-bottomed concave plastic sled with no runners, equipped with brakes)
  • a car used on the track of an alpine slide or bobsled rollercoaster (mountain coaster)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈbob]
  • Hyphenation: bob
  • Rhymes: -ob
PT Portuguese
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Noun src :
  • bob m (plural bobes)
  • curler (small cylindrical tube)
  • hair roller, hair curler
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RO Romanian
Etymology src :
  • From bob.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bȍb.
Etymology src :
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  • sămânță
  • grăunte
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob n (plural boburi)
  • bobsleigh
Etymology (See also) src :
Proper noun src :
  • Bob m (genitive/dative lui Bob)
  • a surname
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • Pseudo-anglicism, a clipping of English bobsled.
Noun src :
  • bob m (invariable)
  • bobsleigh / bobsled
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔb/
  • Rhymes: -ɔb
  • Hyphenation: bòb
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • bobbista
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
  • From bewust onbeschonken bestuurder (“deliberately unintoxicated driver”).
Etymology src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob m (plural bobs, diminutive bobje n)
  • designated driver
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob f or m (plural bobs)
  • (winter sports) bob, bobsleigh
  • Synonym: bobslee
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /bɔp/
  • Hyphenation: Bob
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /bɔp/
  • Hyphenation: bob
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
  • Homophone: Bob
Proper noun src :
Irish
Noun src :
  • bob m (genitive singular bob, nominative plural bobanna)
  • stump, target (in games)
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • bob a bhualadh ar dhuine (“to play a trick on someone”)
Scots
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English bobbe (“cluster of fruit; spray of leaves”).
Etymology src :
  • Uncertain. Possibly onomatopoeic expressing quick movement, but compare English bob, above.
Etymology src :
  • Unknown. Possibly from Middle English bobben (“to strike”) or Old French bober, baubir (“to mock, deride”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbin, simple past bobbit, past participle bobbit)
  • (of grass) to grow richly in patches
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • bob (third-person singular simple present bobs, present participle bobbin, simple past bobbit, past participle bobbit)
  • to dance with up-and-down movement
  • Synonym: bab
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob (plural bobs)
  • a target, a mark to aim at
  • a taunt
 

Popularity of the name Bob

Number of BOB births per year

Popularity of the name Bob
Popularity of the name Bob

Total births of Bob by country

Births with the first name Bob
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
90,065
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
543
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
473
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
329
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
328
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
200
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
139
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
110
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
104
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
77
1
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
72
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
43
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
18
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
17
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
11
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
9
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
6
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
5
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
4
CLChili
2010 - 2021
4
0
Popularity of the name Bob

Total births of Bob by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Bob
Country
Boys
Girls
NLNetherlands
2022
79
0
SESweden
2022
35
0
BEBelgium
2022
22
0
DKDenmark
2022
12
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
4
0
FRFrance
2022
4
0
DEGermany
2022
1
1
ATAustria
2021
1
0
QCQuebec
2022
1
0
CLChili
2021
1
0

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Personalities with the first name Bob

There are 500 personalities with the first name Bob

Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) src

United states of america
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Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope) src

United states of america United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Screenwriter Actor Writer Singer Comedian Television presenter Stage actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor Boxer Radio personality Dancer

Bob Saget (Robert Lane Saget) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Television presenter Voice actor Film director Film producer Podcaster Stand-up comedian

Bob Dole (Robert Joseph Dole) src

United states of america
Politician Jurist Lawyer

Bob Woodward (Robert Upshur Woodward) src

United states of america
Writer Journalist

Bob Beamon src

United states of america
Basketball player Athletics competitor

Bob Newhart src

United states of america
Actor Comedian Voice actor Television actor Film actor

Bob Ross (Robert Norman Ross) src

United states of america
Clinical coder Television presenter Painter

Bob Cousy src

United states of america
Actor Basketball player Basketball coach

Bob Barker src

United states of america
Actor Television producer Film producer Television actor Presenter


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Bob
Full list of personalities with the first name Bob

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Bob

There are 4559 actors and actresses with the first name Bob
Bob Chen
Bob Zucker
Bob El Halawany
Bob Bonnerjee
Bob Kaplan
Bob Moffatt
Bob Morley
Bob Woolsey
Bob Freville
Bob Braswell
Bob Tennent
Bob Sanders
Bob Kelly
Bob Bryar
Bob Bryan
Bob Lewandowski
Bob Dela Cruz
Bob Burnquist
Bob Wind
Bob De Jong
Bob Merrick
Bob Carter
Bob Cryer
Bob Sapp
Bob Perry
Bob Evans
Bob Cesca
Bob Suzuki
Bob Guiney
Bob Amaden

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Bob
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Bob

Rankings of first name BOB by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#214NL Netherlands2022
#264SE Sweden2022
#314DK Denmark2022
#478BE Belgium2022
#1556CH Switzerland2021
#4542AT Austria2021
#5337FR France2022
#5351CL Chili2021
#7990QC Quebec2022
#11780DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#8883DE Germany2022
Other boys' names around Bob
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Other girls' names around Bob
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