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, 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 in 2003.

People

Given name

Robbie

* Robbie Amell (born 1988), Canadian-American actor * Robbie Burns (1759–1796), Scottish poet * Robbie Coltrane (1950–2022) Scottish actor * Robbie Daymond (born 1982) American actor and voice actor * Robbie E (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 player ...

(born 1965), Jamaican footballer and broadcaster * Robbie Erlin (born 1990), American baseball player * Robbie Farah (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 (born 1952), National Hockey League player and coach * Robbie Grey (born 1957), English lead singer of Modern English * Robbie Grossman (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 (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 (born 1986), South African singer and actor * Robbie Kruse (born 1988), Australian association football player * Robbie Knievel (born 1962), motorcycle daredevil * Robbie Maddison (born 1981), Australian motorcycle stunt rider * Robbie Nevil (born 1958), American singer * Robbie Perkins (born 1994), Australian professional baseball player * Robbie Ray (born 1991), MLB American baseball player * Robbie Ray (born 1982), American auto racing driver * Robbie Rist (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 (born 1987), American footballer, first openly gay professional athlete in North America * Robbie Savage (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 (born 1984), American baseball player * Robbie Williams (born 1974), English singer-songwriter * Dove-Myer Robinson (1901–1989), former mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, known as Robbie

Robby

* Robby Albarado, (born 1973), horse racing jockey * Robby Benson, stage name of American actor Robin David Segal (born 1956) * Robby Brink (born 1971), South African former rugby union player * Robby Ginepri (born 1982), tennis player * Robby Gordon (born 1969), race car driver * Robby Krieger (born 1946), American guitar player of The Doors * Robby Langers (born 1960), retired footballer from Luxembourg * Robby Lyons (born 1989), race car driver * Robby Müller (born 1940), Dutch cinematographer most often associated with film director Wim Wenders * Robby Steinhardt (1950–2021), American rock violinist and singer best known for his work with the group Kansas * Robby Thompson (born 1962), Major League Baseball player

Surname

* David Robbie (Australian footballer) (born 1944), Australian rules footballer * David Robbie (Fijian politician) (1849–1940), businessman and politician in colonial Fiji * David Robbie (Scottish footballer) (1899–1978) * Joe Robbie (1916–1990), former owner of the Miami Dolphins National Football League team * Margot Robbie (born 1990), Australian actress and film producer * Mike Robbie (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 ...

(1928–2012), British-born Canadian architect and planner * Seymour Robbie (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)

Fictional characters

*" Robbie", a story in Isaac Asimov's ''I, Robot'' * Robbie (TV series), 2020 American comedy television series * Robby the Robot, in films and TV programs * Robbie the Reindeer, in three animated comedy TV specials * Robbie Douglas, in the TV series ''My Three Sons'' *Robbie Hart, lead character in the 1998 film '' The Wedding Singer'' *Robbie McGrath, in the TV series '' Radio Free Roscoe'' *

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), in the ''Spider-Man'' comic books * Robbie Rotten, in the Icelandic children's TV show ''LazyTown'' * Robbie Shapiro, in the TV series ''Victorious'' * Robbie Sinclair, on the TV series ''Dinosaurs'' * Robby Stewart, in the TV series ''Hannah Montana'' *Robbie Valentino, in the animated series '' Gravity Falls'' *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'', an anime TV series *Robby, a seal that appears in the TV series '' Pingu'' *Roberta 'Robbie' Henderson, in '' The Ferals'', 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, from '' Atonement (film)'' (2007) *Robbie, from '' Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging'' (2008)

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