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ˈbɒb ibob·by

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Bobby.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bobbynoun

    an informal term for a British policeman

Wiktionary

  1. bobbynoun

    A police officer.

  2. bobbynoun

    A railway signaller.

  3. Bobbynoun

    A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

    It was a real irritation to Robert's parents to hear Adeline call him Bobby. They tried to intimate their disapproval by pronouncing his name very distinctly when they addressed him.

  4. Bobbynoun

    A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.

ChatGPT

  1. bobby

    A "bobby" is a British term for a policeman. The name originates from Sir Robert Peel, who established the Metropolitan Police Force for London in 1829, hence "bobby" is a nickname for Robert.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bobbynoun

    a nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler

Wikidata

  1. Bobby

    Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez and stars an ensemble cast. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the kitchen of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following his win of the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries in California.

Suggested Resources

  1. bobby

    Song lyrics by bobby -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by bobby on the Lyrics.com website.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Bobby

    The nickname of a policeman, after Sir Robert Peel, to whom the introduction of the modern police system was due.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BOBBY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bobby is ranked #24137 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bobby surname appeared 1,042 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bobby.

    78.7% or 821 total occurrences were White.
    7.9% or 83 total occurrences were Black.
    4.1% or 43 total occurrences were Asian.
    3.9% or 41 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    3.7% or 39 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.4% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Bobby' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3651

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Bobby in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Bobby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Bobby in a Sentence

  1. Bobby Bright:

    I will not let them taint me as a left-wing liberal, people know Bobby Bright. They know I'm conservative.

  2. Paul Anka:

    Me, Bobby Darin and a couple of others started in pop music, and we wanted to test ourselves : How are we going to evolve ?

  3. Kim Ward:

    Bobby was often easily influenced, this is a situation where he associated himself with the wrong people. My son is gone and those who contributed to his senseless death should be held accountable.

  4. Johnny Galecki:

    Early on, Bobby and Jordan Horowitz (another of the film’s producers) bonded over the idea of using practical effects, nobody has anything against CGI as an additive. I think we all see the benefit of digital effects. But I think audiences have missed seeing these puppets, I think they miss seeing the sweat and the fingerprints. We used CGI as a sweetener, very, very subtly, in expressions in the eyes and things of that nature. Otherwise, we had real puppeteers there, whether they were under the table with their hand in the puppet or whether they were within the puppet, as the creatures grow bigger. It was a blast; it was really fun. Oddly, when you spend 12 hours a day with these puppets, they become little personalities. They just feel like fellow castmates, as absurd as that sounds.

  5. Bobby Tabron:

    He suffered from physical injuries, including a persistent tinnitus, as well as depression, the lawsuit said. The Metropolitan Police officers who brought the other suit -- Bobby Tabron and DeDivine K. Carter -- also say they suffer injuries from that day. Their lawsuit said that Tabron -- who broke Bobby Tabron wrist among other injuries -- suffers from insomnia, as well as slightly slurred speech and slower thinking from a concussion after rioters repeatedly hit Bobby Tabron head. Bobby Tabron was posted behind a set of bike racks near the Capitol, where Bobby Tabron was struck with flag poles and bats, according to the lawsuit. Bobby Tabron engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the rioters, who.

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