Name
BOB

Name BOB

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 92,002 births of Bob in the countries below, which represents an average of 662 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 122 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:
100.00% to boys
0.00% 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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Bob in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Bob

US English
Etymology src :
  • Probably from a medieval hypocorism of Rob.
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English bobben (“to strike, beat, shake, jog”), of uncertain origin. Compare Scots bob (“to mark, butt dance with a bobbing motion”), Icelandic boppa (“to wave up and down”), Swedish bobba (“to bob”), Dutch dobberen ("bobbing").
Etymology src :
  • Acronym of battery-operated boyfriend, fortuitously spelling out the male given name Bob in the case of the humorous colloquial definition.
Etymology src :
  • 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).
  • 1613, John Dennys, The Secrets of Angling
  • Or yellow bobs turn'd up before the plough / Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enough.
  • 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.
  • I got my hair bobbed. How do you like it?
  • (transitive) To shorten by cutting; to dock; to crop
  • To bobsleigh.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob (plural bobs)
  • Abbreviation of shishkabob.
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.
  • 2003, Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, Addison-Wesley Professional (→ISBN), page 247:
  • The key that Alice and Bob are to share cannot be transmitted in the clear. Either it must be enciphered when sent, or Alice and Bob must derive it without an exhange of data from which the key can be derived.
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Bob's your uncle
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • Jack (generic male)
Proper noun (Synonyms) src :
  • Party B (placeholder)
FR French
Etymology src :
  • From the English personal name Bob, used to designate light infantrymen, and probably introduced into French during the First World War.
Noun src :
  • bob m (plural bobs)
  • bucket hat, fishing hat
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /bɔb/
General
Noun src :
  • Bob (plural Bobs)
  • A generic male person.
ES Spanish
Noun src :
  • bob m (plural bobs)
  • bob, bob haircut (hairstyle)
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
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • bobos
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • szánkó
PT Portuguese
Alternative forms src :
  • bobe
  • bóbi
Noun src :
  • bob m (plural bobes)
  • curler (small cylindrical tube)
  • hair roller, hair curler
Pronunciation src :
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.bi/
Proper noun src :
  • Bob m
  • (cryptography) Bob (person or system receiving a message)
  • A male given name from English
RO Romanian
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bȍb.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English bobsleigh.
Noun src :
  • bob n (plural boburi)
  • bobsleigh
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • boabă
Noun (See also) src :
  • sanie
IT Italian
Noun src :
  • bob m (invariable)
  • bobsleigh / bobsled
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • bobbista
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English Bob.
Etymology src :
  • From bewust onbeschonken bestuurder (“deliberately unintoxicated driver”).
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English bob.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bob m (plural bobs, diminutive bobje n)
  • designated driver
Noun src :
  • bob f or m (plural bobs)
  • bob, bobsleigh
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /bɔp/
  • Hyphenation: Bob
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /bɔp/
  • Hyphenation: bob
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
  • Homophone: Bob
Proper noun src :
  • Bob m
  • A male given name, Bob
Irish
Noun 1 src :
  • bob m (genitive singular bob, nominative plural bobanna)
  • (hair) bob
  • fringe (of hair over forehead)
  • bob(tail)
  • Synonym: bob eireabaill
Noun 2 src :
  • bob m (genitive singular bob, nominative plural bobanna)
  • stump, target (in games)
 

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 - 2019
90,066
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2019
460
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2019
324
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2019
259
0
SESweden
1998 - 2019
234
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2010
200
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2019
132
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2018
110
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2019
77
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2019
42
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2018
32
0
AUAustralia
1944 - 2019
18
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2019
16
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2018
9
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
9
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2019
5
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2018
5
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
4
Popularity of the name Bob

Total births of Bob by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Bob
Country
Boys
Girls
NLNetherlands
2019
61
0
SESweden
2019
27
0
BEBelgium
2019
19
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2019
6
0
DKDenmark
2019
5
0
BRBrazil
2010
3
0
DEGermany
2018
1
0

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Personalities with the first name Bob

There are 407 personalities with the first name Bob

Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Composer Poet Disc jockey Singer Record producer Songwriter Lyricist Guitarist Painter Film director Radio personality Designer Film actor Autobiographer

Bob Woodward (Robert Upshur Woodward) src

United states of america
Writer Journalist

Bob Beamon src

United states of america
Athletics competitor

Bob Dole src

United states of america
Lawyer Politician Lobbyist

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 Sinclar src

France
Composer Disc jockey Record producer Club dj

Bob Cousy src

United states of america
Actor Basketball player Basketball coach

Bob Paisley src

United kingdom
Association football manager Association football player

Bob Saget (Robert Lane Saget) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Stage actor Voice actor Film director Film producer Television actor Film actor


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 4273 actors and actresses with the first name Bob
Bob Chen
Bob Zucker
Bob El Halawany
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 Frazer
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
#262NL Netherlands2019
#336SE Sweden2019
#547BE Belgium2019
#558DK Denmark2019
#3390GB United Kingdom2019
#7341DE Germany2018
#12027BR Brazil2010
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name BOB (female) births over the last year available in each country
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Other girls' names around Bob
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