Czech (Bobík), Slovak, Polish, and Slovenian (from
historically Slovenian-speaking Styria) : from a diminutive of Slavic
bob ‘bean’ (Slovenian: ‘horse-bean’), hence a metonymic
occupational name for a grower of beans or a nickname for someone tall
and thin. Compare Bobek and Bobich.
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