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. 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.

People

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Robbie

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 A ...

(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 t ...

(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 (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 (baseball), Robbie Ray (born 1991), MLB American baseball player *Robbie Ray (racing driver), Robbie Ray (born 1982), American auto racing driver *Robbie Rist (born 1964), American actor and musician *Robbie Robertson (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 (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 (1928–2012), British-born Canadian architect and planner *Seymour Robbie (1919–2004), American TV director *William Robbie (1849–1929), stonemason and mayor of Chico, California (1907–1919)

Fictional characters

*"Robbie (short story), 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, 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'' *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), ''Robby'' (film), a 1968 retelling of ''Robinson Crusoe'' *The title character of Robbie (film), ''Robbie'' (film), a 1979 British public information film *Robbie Turner, from ''Atonement (2007 film), Atonement (film)'' (2007) *Robbie, from ''Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging'' (2008)

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