Male first name (English): Bobbie, Old High (two-part name); hruod = fame; beraht = bright, shiny, old Germanic or German two-part name, Middle Ages in Northern France disseminated and thence to England brought by female first name (English) : Bobbie, Old High (two-part name); hruod = fame; beraht = bright, glossy, information on the male form of Robert: common in the Middle Ages in Northern France and brought from there to England, old Germanic or German two-part name