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Боб

“small”

Боб (Bob) is a masculine given name. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian.

Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Bob.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Боб goes back to a word meaning “small.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Боб is Bob written in Cyrillic. A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.

Explained through its name family

Боб’s family of names

In Russian usage, Боб has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bob. In Bulgarian usage, Боб can be written in the Roman alphabet as Bob.

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Around the world

Боб has relatives in 5 languages.

1 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Bobromanization · Ukrainian, Russian

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