To think the name Bobbie

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is cute and would be nice if my friend had a boy or a girl in the Spring?

It’s awful. It might be slightly cute for a little kid, but can you imagine a judge called Bobbie? Just no. Also it sounds a bit American to me. I think Roberta is horrid too, I really don’t like girls’ names that are so obviously derived from boys’ names.

Yes this is councillor bobby
Or this is barrister bobby

I mean ffs

You want him to be a boxer, go for your life. You want him to be a professional then no way
As much as we all like to think we don’t judge. The world judges

I think Bobby is for a boy and Bobbie a girl

Much better give the full name Robert or Roberta and then whatever derivative nickname you want - imo for boys Rob or Robbie is nicer than Bobby.

I think Bobbie is lovely. I met a Bobbie this week through work and it suited her so well - friendly and arty and lovely

I don’t like it.

I know a Bobby in his 30s (Robert) and a Bobbie in her 20s (Roberta). It suits both of them, despite them being quite different.

I think it might be a bit too cutesy for an adult without the option for Robert/Roberta - and most Roberts I know tend to be Robs rather than Bobbys.

My daughters teddy is called Bobby. She’s 11 now & has had it since she was born.

I therefore couldn’t imagine a child with that name.

Each to their own. But wondering why you are considering this for your friends child? Isn’t naming her baby her prerogative?

I prefer Bobby but I’m Indian and will never be able to avoid reference to the insanely famous Bollywood movie (it was the first movie ever made in Bollywood where a love story had a happy ending).

NC for this - I'm a Bobby (female), short for my actual name but I do go by it and it's what everyone has called me my entire life. Most people love my name, I have been approached on nights out though and they thought I was taking the piss when I told them my name is Bobby. I only know of one other Bobby, and he's a man.

Funnily enough, Donna1001, I have the same problem with “Connor” having had a childhood pet named Connor, though I daren’t let slip to parents that I feel as though they have named a child a dog’s name.

Why would anyone think somebody was being "unreasonable" because he or she liked a particular name?

Am I missing something?

You want him to be a boxer, go for your life. You want him to be a professional then no way
As much as we all like to think we don’t judge. The world judges

Don't be daft. I'm a national account manager, the only thing that's ever been mentioned is they tend to presume I'm a bloke.

I had a cousin called Catherine. When she was born, her older brother (maybe 3 or so) couldn’t say her name, so he called her Baby, but pronounced it Bobbie, which stuck as her name for the rest of her life.

Mind you, our family had form, my grandfather, uncle and at least two cousins were all called Robert/Bob/Bobby, plus there was Bobbie the dog.

Why would anyone think somebody was being "unreasonable" because he or she liked a particular name?

The person who posted the following presumably

Sounds common as muck

Are we meant to assume that her friend has said that she is common for liking that name (Bobby)?

Perhaps I've missed a page!

New here, haven't sorted arse from elbow yet.

Chav-tastic in some parts, sorry. I can't imagine someone outside of childhood being called Bobbie. It would be shortened to Bob as they get older I imagine.

A lot of people on MN use Bobbi Brown make-up

Bobbi Brown is a real person behind the brand.

That's a third way of spelling the name, of course.

Bobbie is short for Robert (as they get older, they prefer Rob or Bob, only little boys are called Bobby), or Roberta for a girl which is classy.

So call your child Robert or Roberta. Don't go for silly sawn off names just because it is in vogue to have them.

Just no. It sounds cute when you are 2. As a teen. No. Even worse as an adult.

I must remember to tell my clients I'm not a chavtastic non-professional when I introduce myself from now..might even bracket it against my email signature.

Also, I'm a Robin, not Roberta.

I, too, know it as a slang word for poo. Is this an East Midlands thing? My mum was from the east Midlands. Having a poo was always referred to by her as 'doing a bobbie'.

My mother's family are from the Black Country, not a word for poop there