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Robbie or Robby is a
surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. It is usually encountered as a nickname or a shortened form of
Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
, Rob or
Robin Robin may refer to: Animals * Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae * Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including: **European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'') **Bush-robin **Forest rob ...
. The name experienced a significant rise in popularity in
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
in 2003.


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Robbie Amell Robert Patrick Amell IV (born April 21, 1988) is a Canadian-American actor and producer. He is best-known for his roles as Stephen Jameson on The CW series ''The Tomorrow People'', Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm on The CW series ''The Flash'', Natha ...
(born 1988), Canadian-American actor *
Robbie Burns Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...
(1759–1796), Scottish poet *
Robbie Coltrane Anthony Robert McMillan (30 March 195014 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian. He gained worldwide recognition in the 2000s for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. He ...
(1950–2022) Scottish actor *
Robbie Daymond Robert Daymond Howard (né Niles; born March 11, 1982) is an American voice actor who is mostly known for his roles in audiobooks, video games, and animation, best known for voicing Jesse Cosay in the second season of ''Infinity Train'', Spider- ...
(born 1982) American actor and voice actor *
Robbie E Robert Strauss (born October 1, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and manager. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand as a manager under the ring name Mr. Stone. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Ac ...
(born 1983), pro wrestler *
Robbie Earle Robert Fitzgerald Earle MBE (born 27 January 1965) is an English-born Jamaican former international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played 578 league games in senior club football, scoring 136 goals. A former youth playe ...
(born 1965), Jamaican footballer and broadcaster *
Robbie Erlin Robert Joseph Erlin (born October 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers and in ...
(born 1990), American baseball player *
Robbie Farah Robert Peter Farah ( ar, روبي فرح) (born 23 January 1984) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international, Lebanese international and captain of New South Wales Blues te ...
(born 1984), Australian rugby league player *
Robbie Fowler Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed East Bengal in the Indian Super League. As a player, he was a striker, and is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history ...
(born 1975), English footballer and manager *
Robbie Ftorek Robert Brian Ftorek (born January 2, 1952) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player. He was enshrined as member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991. Playing career Ftorek played in the 1962, 1963 and 1964 Queb ...
(born 1952), National Hockey League player and coach *
Robbie Grey Modern English are an English new wave/post-punk band formed in 1979 in Colchester, Essex, England. They are best known for their songs "I Melt with You", "Hands Across the Sea (song), Hands Across the Sea", and "Ink and Paper". The group dis ...
(born 1957), English lead singer of Modern English *
Robbie Grossman Robert Edward Grossman (born September 16, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers ...
(born 1989), American baseball player *
Robbie Hart Robert "Robbie" Hart (born 9 October 1947) is an English former football referee in the English Football League and Premier League. During his officiating career he was based in Darlington, County Durham. Career Hart reached the Football ...
(born 1947), English football referee *
Robbie Hunter-Paul Robert Rawiri Hunter-Paul (born 3 February 1976) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer. He has since become a business owner and television pundit, runninXtra Mile Marketing an inbound and digital marketing company. Robbie retired fr ...
(born 1976), New Zealand rugby league player *
Robbie Keane Robert David Keane (born 8 July 1980) is an Irish professional Association football, football coach and former Football player, player who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Keane served as Captain (association football ...
(born 1980), Irish footballer *
Robbie Klay Robbie Klay (born June 20, 1986) is a South African singer, songwriter, television and theatre stage actor. He sings in Afrikaans and English in the pop, rock and country genres. Career Klay began singing at age 5 becoming a child performer. His ...
(born 1986), South African singer and actor *
Robbie Kruse Robbie Thomas Kruse ( ; ; born 5 October 1988) is an Australian professional footballer who last played as a forward for Melbourne Victory and the Australia national team. He played his junior football with Albany Creek in the Pine Rivers distr ...
(born 1988), Australian association football player *
Robbie Knievel Robert Edward Knievel II (born May 7, 1962) is an American daredevil and son of stunt performer Evel Knievel. He has also used the code name "Kaptain Robbie Knievel". Family Robbie Knievel is the son of the stuntman Robert "Evel" Knievel and ...
(born 1962), motorcycle daredevil *
Robbie Maddison Robert William 'Robbie' Maddison (born 14 July 1981) is an Australian motorbike stunt performer. Nicknamed 'Maddo', he is from the town of Kiama, New South Wales. Background Born in Caringbah, Maddison grew up in Kiama Downs, and developed h ...
(born 1981), Australian motorcycle stunt rider *
Robbie Nevil Robert S. Nevil (born October 2, 1958) is an American pop singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist who had five ''Billboard'' top 40 hits including his songs "C'est la Vie" (#2, 1986), "Dominoes" (#14, 1987), and " Wot's It to Ya" (#10, 1987 ...
(born 1958), American singer *
Robbie Perkins Robert Perkins (born 29 May 1994) is an Australian professional baseball catcher for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League. Career Perkins plays in the Australian Baseball League for the Canberra Cavalry. He signed a minor leagu ...
(born 1994), Australian professional baseball player *
Robbie Ray Robert Glenn Ray (born October 1, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays. Ray was an ML ...
(born 1991),
MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
American baseball player *
Robbie Ray Robert Glenn Ray (born October 1, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays. Ray was an ML ...
(born 1982), American auto racing driver *
Robbie Rist Robbie Rist (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for playing Cousin Oliver in ''The Brady Bunch'', Martin in '' Grady'' and "Little John" in ''Big John, Little John''. Rist is also known for voicing assorted characters in te ...
(born 1964), American actor and musician *
Robbie Robertson Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician. He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band, and for his career as a solo recording artist. With the deaths of Richard Manuel in ...
(born 1942), Canadian musician *
Robbie Rogers Robert Hampton Rogers III (born May 12, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player. He played as a winger and as a left back. Rogers has also represented the United States men's national soccer team. In February 2013, Rogers came ou ...
(born 1987), American footballer, first openly gay professional athlete in North America *
Robbie Savage Robert William Savage (born 18 October 1974) is a Welsh former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, now a association football, football pundit and director of football at club Macclesfield F.C., Macclesfie ...
(born 1974), soccer player *
Robert J. Sherman Robert Jason Sherman (born July 16, 1968), known as Robbie Sherman, is an American songwriter based in London. He was born in Los Angeles to Joyce and Robert B. Sherman, the youngest of four siblings. Stemming from a long line of songwriters an ...
(born 1968), American songwriter and businessman *
Robbie Widlansky Robert Eric Widlansky (born November 6, 1984) is a former professional baseball outfielder who played internationally for the Israel national baseball team. In college, he won the Sun Belt Conference batting title his senior season, with a Flori ...
(born 1984), American baseball player *
Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut stud ...
(born 1974), English singer-songwriter *
Dove-Myer Robinson Sir Dove-Myer Robinson (15 June 1901 – 14 August 1989) was Mayor of Auckland City from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980, the longest tenure of any holder of the office. He was a colourful character and became affectionately known across New ...
(1901–1989), former mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, known as Robbie


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Robby Albarado Robby J. Albarado (born September 11, 1973, in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 10 and progressed to riding at bush tracks in his native Louisiana by the age of 12. After turning ...
, (born 1973), horse racing jockey *
Robby Benson Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal; January 21, 1956) is an American actor and director. He rose to prominence as a teen idol in the late 1970s, appearing in the sports films '' One on One'' (1977) and ''Ice Castles'' (1978). He subsequently ...
, stage name of American actor Robin David Segal (born 1956) *
Robby Brink Robby Brink (born 21 July 1971), is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team. He played as a flanker. Career Brink played for the schools team at the 1989 Craven Week tournament and aft ...
(born 1971), South African former rugby union player *
Robby Ginepri Robert Louis Ginepri ( ; born October 7, 1982) is a retired American professional tennis player. He won three ATP singles titles in his career and achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 15 in December 2005. Ginepri's best Grand Slam result ...
(born 1982), tennis player *
Robby Gordon Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, the IndyCar Series, the Trans-Am Series, IMSA, IROC and the Dakar Rally. He is active in top-tier off road motorsports such as BITD, NO ...
(born 1969), race car driver *
Robby Krieger Robert Alan Krieger (born January 8, 1946) is an American guitarist and founding member of the rock band the Doors. Krieger wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors' songs, including the hits "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", " Touch Me", and "L ...
(born 1946), American guitar player of The Doors *
Robby Langers Robert 'Robby' Langers (born 1 August 1960) is a Luxembourgish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was voted Luxembourgish Sportsman of the Year in 1987. Club career Langers started his career at local side Union Luxemb ...
(born 1960), retired footballer from Luxembourg *
Robby Lyons Robert Lyons II (born January 22, 1989) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 61 Toyota Supra for MBM Motorsports. He has also competed part-time in the NAS ...
(born 1989), race car driver *
Robby Müller Robby Müller, NSC, BVK, (4 April 1940 – 3 July 2018) was a Dutch cinematographer. Known for his use of natural light and minimalist imagery, Müller first gained recognition for his contributions to West German cinema through his acclaimed c ...
(born 1940), Dutch cinematographer most often associated with film director Wim Wenders *
Robby Steinhardt Robert Eugene Steinhardt (May 25, 1950 – July 17, 2021) was an American rock violinist and singer best known for his work with the group Kansas, for which he was co-lead singer/"frontman" and MC along with keyboardist Steve Walsh, from 1973 ...
(1950–2021), American rock violinist and singer best known for his work with the group Kansas *
Robby Thompson Robert Randall Thompson (born May 10, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball (1986–1996) as the second baseman for the San Francisco Giants. During the Giants' ...
(born 1962), Major League Baseball player


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David Robbie (Australian footballer) David Robbie (born 11 May 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one ...
(born 1944), Australian rules footballer *
David Robbie (Fijian politician) Captain David Robbie (4 March 1849 – 1940) was a Scottish-born businessman, planter and politician in Fiji. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1905 and 1908. Biography Robbie was born in the Scottish town of Forfar in 18 ...
(1849–1940), businessman and politician in colonial Fiji *
David Robbie (Scottish footballer) David Middleton Robbie (6 October 1899 – 4 December 1978) was a Scottish association football, footballer who played as an outside forward, outside right. Born in Motherwell, he began his career with Bathgate F.C., Bathgate, before moving to ...
(1899–1978) *
Joe Robbie Joseph Robbie (July 7, 1916 – January 7, 1990) was an American attorney, politician, and the principal founder of the Miami Dolphins. Early life Robbie was raised in Sisseton, South Dakota, the second of five children. His father was a Lebanes ...
(1916–1990), former owner of the Miami Dolphins National Football League team *
Margot Robbie Margot Elise Robbie (; born 2 July 1990) is an Australian actress and producer. Known for her work in both blockbuster and independent films, she has received several accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, four Golden Glob ...
(born 1990), Australian actress and film producer *
Mike Robbie Mike Robbie (born April 5, 1943) is a former general manager of the Miami Dolphins National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between ...
(born 1943), former general manager of the Miami Dolphins football team, son of Joe Robbie *
Rod Robbie Roderick "Rod" George Robbie, (September 15, 1928 – January 4, 2012) was a British-born Canadian architect and planner. He was known for his design of the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 67 and Toronto's Rogers Centre (SkyDome). Biography and ...
(1928–2012), British-born Canadian architect and planner *
Seymour Robbie Seymour Robbie (August 25, 1919 – June 17, 2004) was a director of American television programs, whose work ranged from 1951 ('' Down You Go'') to 1990 ('' Father Dowling Mysteries''). His credits include game shows (e.g., ''The $64,000 Question' ...
(1919–2004), American TV director *
William Robbie William Robbie (December 17, 1849 – November 11, 1929) was the sixteenth List of mayors of Chico, California, President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the City council, governing body of Chico, California from 1907 to 1919. He was born in Old ...
(1849–1929), stonemason and mayor of Chico, California (1907–1919)


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Robbie Robbie or Robby is a surname. It is usually encountered as a nickname or a shortened form of Robert, Rob (given name), Rob or Robin (name), Robin. The name experienced a significant rise in popularity in Northern Ireland in 2003. People Given nam ...
", a story in Isaac Asimov's ''I, Robot'' *
Robbie (TV series) ''Robbie'' is an American comedy television series created by Rory Scovel, Stuart Jenkins, Scott Moran, and Anthony King. The series premiered on Comedy Central on May 7, 2020, and its entire first season was released on Comedy Central's YouTube ...
, 2020 American comedy television series *
Robby the Robot Robby the Robot is a fictional character and science fiction icon who first appeared in the 1956 film ''Forbidden Planet''. He made a number of subsequent appearances in science fiction films and television programs, which has given him the d ...
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Robbie the Reindeer ''Robbie the Reindeer'' is a series of three animated comedy television specials co-produced by the BBC and the charity Comic Relief which were broadcast on BBC One between Christmas 1999 and 2007. Although the series is distributed commercially b ...
, in three animated comedy TV specials *
Robbie Douglas ''My Three Sons'' is an American television sitcom that aired from September 29, 1960, to April 13, 1972. The series was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC during its first five seasons, before moving to CBS for the remaining seas ...
, in the TV series ''My Three Sons'' *Robbie Hart, lead character in the 1998 film ''
The Wedding Singer ''The Wedding Singer'' is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Tim Herlihy, and produced by Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo. The film stars Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, and Christine Taylor, and tells the ...
'' *Robbie McGrath, in the TV series ''
Radio Free Roscoe ''Radio Free Roscoe'' is a Canadian teen comedy-drama television series. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, and produced by Decode Entertainment. It first aired on August 1, 2003, on Family Channel in Canada. It has also been dubbed in F ...
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Robbie Quinn ''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera first broadcast on RTÉ One in 1989. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme and a list of former characters, listed in order of first appearance. Some character ...
, in the TV series ''Fair City'' *
Robbie Robertson (comics) Joseph "Robbie" Robertson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually in stories featuring the superhero Spider-Man. Created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., he first appeared in ''The Amazin ...
, in the ''Spider-Man'' comic books *
Robbie Rotten Robbie Rotten ( is, Glanni Glæpur, , reckless crime) is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Icelandic children's program '' LazyTown''. He is also the series' primary comic relief character. He is a ruthless, selfish and lazy, ...
, in the Icelandic children's TV show ''LazyTown'' *
Robbie Shapiro This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Victorious''. The series centers on Tori Vega, a student of Hollywood Arts who gets into unpredictable situations with her friends. ''Victorious'' was created by Dan Schneider, who also s ...
, in the TV series ''Victorious'' *
Robbie Sinclair ''Dinosaurs'' is an American family sitcom television series that aired on ABC for four seasons from April 26, 1991, through July 20, 1994 (preempted episodes that had never been allowed to run also aired as a second part of the fourth season f ...
, on the TV series ''Dinosaurs'' *
Robby Stewart Robby Ray Stewart is a fictional character from the Disney Channel series ''Hannah Montana'', portrayed by Billy Ray Cyrus. Robby is the single father of Jackson Stewart (Jason Earles) and Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus). He appears in all episodes ...
, in the TV series ''Hannah Montana'' *Robbie Valentino, in the animated series ''
Gravity Falls ''Gravity Falls'' is an American mystery comedy animated television series created by Alex Hirsch for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series follows the adventures of Dipper Pines (Jason Ritter) and his twin sister Mabel (Kristen Schaal) wh ...
'' *Robbie White, a hunter in the video game ''
Identity V ''Identity V'' is a free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by Chinese company NetEase. It was released in July 2018 for mobile devices. It is available on the iOS App Store, Android Google Play Stor ...
'' *The title character of ''
Robby the Rascal , known in the United States as ''Robby the Rascal'', is a 39-episode anime television series created by Ken Ishikawa and produced by Knack animation studio. The series aired on TV Tokyo in Japan from October 1982 to June 1983. The series fea ...
'', an anime TV series *Robby, a seal that appears in the TV series ''
Pingu ''Pingu'' is a stop-motion children's television series co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann. It was originally produced from 1990 to 2000 by Swiss company The Pygos Group (originally called Trickfilmstudio) for SF DRS in Switzerlan ...
'' *Roberta 'Robbie' Henderson, in ''
The Ferals ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...
'', an Australian children's TV series *The title character of ''Robby'' (film), a 1968 retelling of ''Robinson Crusoe'' *The title character of ''Robbie'' (film), a 1979 British public information film *
Robbie Turner Robert Peter Turner (born 18 September 1966) is an English former professional footballer, born in Easington, County Durham, who played as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Cardiff City, Hartlepool United, Bristol Rovers, Wimbledon, Bristol Ci ...
, from ''
Atonement (film) Atonement is the concept of a person taking action to correct previous wrongdoing on their part. Atonement may also refer to: Religion * Atonement in Judaism ** Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the biblical/Jewish observance * Atonement in Chris ...
'' (2007) *Robbie, from '' Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging'' (2008)


See also

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Robi (disambiguation) Robi may refer to: People Given name *Robi Botos, Hungarian-Canadian jazz pianist *Robi Das, Indian footballer *Robi Domingo (born 1989), Filipino VJ, actor, dancer and host *Robi Ghosh (1931–1997), Indian actor and comedian who worked in Bengal ...


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