Bob

Bob \bob, bo-b\ is a boy's name. It consists of 3 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Bob is pronounced as BAOB (Dutch) or BAAB (English) ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Bob: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Bob?

Bob is primarily used in English and its language of origin is Germanic. The name was first used as a diminutive of Robert among 18th-century English speakers. It was a later development than Dob, Hob, and Nob, which were medieval diminutives of Robert which, unlike Bob, gave rise to English surnames but did not remain in use as given names. In literature, it has appeared as the names of the fictional Bob Acres in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy The Rivals (1775) and Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843). Bob is an English shortening of the Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Scottish name Robert name popularity. The name baby name Bobb, the name name Bobbea, the name Bobbee definition, the name Bobbey name variations, the name name Bobbi, the Czech meaning of Bobek, and the name Rob meaning and origin are forms of Bob. Other forms of the name consist of the English diminutive Bobbie name popularity and the English and Spanish diminutive Bobby name popularity.

The following famous people share the name Bob:

• Actor Bob Crane, born 13 July 1928 - 29 June 1978, Waterbury, Connecticut
• Actor Bob Denver, born 9 January 1935 - 2 September 2005, New Rochelle, New York
• Actor Bob Hoskins, born Robert William Hoskins October 26, 1942, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
• Choreographer Bob Fosse, born 23 June 1927 - 23 September 1987, Chicago, Illinois
• Comedian Bob Hope, born Leslie Townes Hope 29 May 1903 - 27 July 2003, Eltham, England
• Comedian Bob Newhart, born 5 September 1929, Oak Park, Illinois
• Game Show Host Bob Barker, born 12 December 1923, Darrington, Washington
• Journalist Bob Woodward, born 26 March 1943, Geneva, Illinois
• Politician Bob Dole, born 22 July 1923, Russell, Kansas
• Politician Bob Smith, born 30 March 1941, Tuftonboro, New Hampshire.

List of baby names that sound like Bob:

the name Bobb meaning, the name baby name Babe, the Swahili short names for Babu, the Korean meaning of Bae, the Chinese Bai meaning of name, the English and Vietnamese Bay definition, the name Baye name variations, the name Beatte definition, the English meaning of Beau, the name meaning of Beaux, the name Beav name variations, the name nicknames for Bepe, the English baby name Bev, the name Beve name popularity, the name meaning of Bif, the English Biff meaning and origin, the name Biffe definition, the English and Scandinavian baby name Bo, the English short names for Boe, and the English Bow meaning of name.

The baby name Bob fun facts:

The name Bob in reverse order is "Bob".

The numerological value of the name Bob is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Bob?

Bob is not in the top boy names in USA.