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Etymology 1 edit

Proper noun edit

Nobby

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Norbert.
    • 2009, Jeff Carlisle, Soccer's Most Wanted II, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 234:
      Nobby Stiles
      Norbert is a moniker one normally doesn't associate with one of the game's most intimidating midfielders, but "Nobby" provided the steel for the England side that prevailed in the 1966 World Cup, and his gap-toothed visage would have earned him a guest spot in the movie Halloween.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Zenobia.
    • 1855, Watts Phillips, The Wild Tribes of London, page 49:
      There's Nobby, now―here he indicates Zenobia with his pipe―"as has 'ad a whole cartload o' troubles, besides me a riding on the shafts, an' that's bad enough, an't it, Nobby?"

Etymology 2 edit

Various theories; see Wikipedia article.

Proper noun edit

Nobby

  1. Nickname for a person with the surname Clark or Clarke.