Given name & surname
Robey
“one who is bright with fame”
Robey is a variant of Rob. In English use, Rob carries the interpretation “one who is bright with fame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Robey is a variant of Rob. In English use, Rob carries the interpretation “one who is bright with fame.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Robey as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Robert.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 139
- 139 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 209 as a first name in 2020; 4,950 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.
Robey’s family of names
In English usage, Robey as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Robert. Robey has a related form in Rob.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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