Meaning & Origin
Bobbye is a girl's and boy's baby name of Germanic origin, a feminine spelling variant of Bobby, itself a diminutive of Robert, from the Old High German Hrōdberht, meaning 'bright fame.' The -ye ending was a mid-century device to create distinctly feminine forms of traditionally masculine nicknames.
Bobbye was used primarily in the American South in the mid-20th century. Like Billie and Jimmie, it belongs to a tradition of Southern women who wore masculine-derived nicknames with complete ease and their own particular grace.