Roby
Roby is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Israel, Belgium
- US records 1880–2017
- 2,425 male / 118 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Roby
If you do not know Roby’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Roby,” in English, “Guten Tag Roby,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Roby,
German
Guten Tag Roby,
French
Bonjour Roby,
Spanish
Estimado/a Roby:
Chinese
Roby您好：
Japanese
Roby様
English
Hi Roby,
German
Hi Roby,
French
Salut Roby,
Spanish
Hola Roby,
Chinese
Roby你好：
Japanese
Robyさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
| Israel | rare | unisex name |
| Belgium | rare | man's name |
| Switzerland | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
2,425 male · 118 female · 2,543 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Roby a male or female name?
Roby is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Roby in an email?
If you do not know Roby’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Roby,” in English, “Guten Tag Roby,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Roby a unisex name?
Roby is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Roby a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/roby. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_roby,
title = {Is Roby a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/roby},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}