Given name & surname
Obie
“having a big heart”·“servant of God”·“a servant of God”
Obie is a variant of Obi. One interpretation is “having a big heart.” In English use, Obie is a diminutive of Obadiah. Interpretations include “servant of God” (Hebrew) and “a servant of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Obie is a variant of Obi. One interpretation is “having a big heart.” In English use, Obie is a diminutive of Obadiah. Interpretations include “servant of God” (Hebrew) and “a servant of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Obie is a diminutive of Obadiah. An origin associated with Obadiah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Obie is a diminutive of Obadiah. In English usage, Obie as a surname developed from Aubé.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Obie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,436
- 4,165 boys · 271 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 95 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,065 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +21%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,065 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 88 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,493 as a first name in 2020; 638 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Obie’s family of names
In English usage, Obie is a diminutive of Obadiah. In English usage, Obie as a surname developed from the French form Aubé. Obie has a related form in Obi.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Obie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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