Dobbs

While you might be familiar with Bob and Bobby as nicknames for Robert, names like Dobbs and Dobb preceded them both. A masculine title, Dobbs derives from the medieval English first name Dobbe, which was once used as a shortened form of Robert. As a last name, Dobbs may have referred to a “son of Dobbe,” describing an individual’s familial background. If you see great things ahead for your little one, you’ll be thrilled to discover that Dobbs and Robert both translate to “bright fame” in German.