Bobby as a girl’s name

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What does everyone think of this? I love that it is the more masculine spelling, feels cool and edgy but also cute. But just need some positive reinforcement as most current online threads really slam it as a full name!

As a deliberate short for a suitable real name yes. Robyn ect.

Bobbie.

The only Bobbies I know are short for Robyn or Roberta. I do like it, but I'd have to go with a full name. I think Robyn and Roberta are both lovely names.

I am confused about why people want male names for their daughters but wouldn't consider a female name for their sons why is that?
and sorry OP I am not keen on it

and it was a nickname her name was Roberta

Yes, I know. I quite like the nickname Bobbie. But not "Bobby" for a girl.

Boy’s name, great.
Labrador’s name, even better.

Girl’s name? Absolutely not. It would sound like you were desperate for a son so you gave her a boy’s name because being ‘only a girl’ she was second best. Not good enough. In her position, how would that make you feel?

Downmarket

You like the male spelling because male is a promotion and female is a demotion. If you wouldn’t call a boy Niki or Jean, don’t call a girl Bobby.

Bobby as her whole, legal name or a nickname? Either way, I personally hate typical 'boys' names on 'girls'. Its not edgy or cool!

Charley, Dylan, Frankie, Bobby on a girl- no! I can hear kids chanting Booby 😬

Love Bobbie as a nickname for Roberta. 30s vibe, sparky and cute when younger, cool as a teen and really versatile as an adult. Unusual without being totally made up or overly frilly.

I think it's cute and cool and lovely but would always use it as a nn and give a real name of Robyn or Roberta or Robina on the birth certificate. (I love Robyn too - Robyn nn Bobby is very cool and cute.

I love it, DH vetoed it but by chance she ended up with the nickname Bob due to the Bobinogs TV show. I know a child Bobbie and it suits her.

Have worked with an adult Bobby, it suited her, I didn’t give it a second thought.

It’s only on Mumsnet I hear how much the “wrong” name will hold you back and cause career problems in later life.

What ever the opposite of cool and edgy is, it's that.

I just think Bob the Builder. I certainly don’t get the edgy/ cool association. It’s a bog standard bloke’s name like Phil or Gary.

Not too keen but there is a girl in DS class called Bobby. They’re age 5/6, I just asked him but he doesn’t know if it’s short for anything

I like it. I also knew a female Joey once and that was cool too.

Personally I love it , one of the most inspirational special-needs teachers that I ever met was called Bobbie .. so for me it will always be linked to her .. she was so kind , and beautiful in a really lovely way ..

No. It’s a poo where I am
from.

It's pretty awful. Not a name to be taken seriously.

Im not a fan
especially the male version spelling.
Edgy try hard names are a bit naff

It looks like boobie to me

I really like the name although would spell it Bobbie. Like other posters it reminds me of the railway children.... Doubt future generations will know that film at nursery, school etc.

I like it but would go Roberta on birth certificate so she has a “grown up” name in the future

I never get MN’s obsession with “proper” names. I have a “proper” name which I have never in my life used. The only things it’s in are those that relate back to my birth/marriage certificate. I never use it at work, it’s not on my CV.

Pretty much no one asks if I have that name. Because no one cares outside the name snobs here.

And I don’t really get the issue with the “male” spelling. Most kids these days won’t even know Bobby as a male NN for Robert, nor care that it “should” be spelled Bobbie (or even Bobbi - gasp) for a girl. There are no male and female spellings for Alex, are there? And Sasha as a boy’s name is become more common as it’s a male diminutive elsewhere in Europe.