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Nobbs

Nobbs proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Nobbs

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin of Nobbs

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.

Questions about Nobbs

What does Nobbs mean?
Nobbs means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Nobbs?
Nobbs is a proper noun.

Words near Nobbs in the dictionary

  1. nobbles
  2. nobblier
  3. nobbliest
  4. nobbling
  5. nobbly
  6. Nobbs
  7. nobbut
  8. nobby
  9. Nobbys Creek
  10. nobel
  11. Nobel Disease

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nobbs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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