Roby - Meaning of Roby

What does Roby mean?

[ 2 syll. ro-by, rob-y ] The baby boy name Roby is pronounced as ROWBiy †. Roby's origin is Germanic. Roby is a variant form of Robert.

Roby is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.007% of baby boys were named Roby. It ranked at #842 then. The baby name has since slipped in popularity, and is today used on a very light scale. In 2011, within the group of boy names directly related to Roby, Robert was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Roby include Robie, Raba (Hebrew), Rabab (Arabic), Rabah, Rabbah (English and Hebrew), Rabbi, Rabbie (English and Scottish), Rabby, Rabee, Rabeeh, Rabey, Rabi (Arabic), Rabie, Rabih (Arabic), Raby, Rafa (Spanish), Rafe (English and Arabic), Rafey, Raffea, and Raffee.

† English pronunciation for Roby: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"