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bobe Name Meaning and History

  1. Catalan (Bobé): respelling of Bover, occupational name for a herdsman, from Catalan bover ‘oxherd’, ‘cowherd’ (Late Latin bovarius).
  2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name bobe, babe, from a Slavic word meaning ‘old woman’ or ‘grandmother’. This was bestowed on girls in the hope that they would live a long life and grow old.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bobe Families in the US in 1920
Number of bobe families
 8-14
 3-7
 1-2
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