The Bobbitt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,230 people carried this name — #4,873 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,911 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Bobbitt surname

From Bobb + -et.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bobbitt» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Bobbitt in American newspapers,
1913–1923.

Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Leader carrying the name Bobbitt
The Semi-weekly Leader 1919-08-16
Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Bobbitt
The Caucasian 1913-11-11
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Bobbitt
The Washington Times 1923-08-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,317 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bobbitt in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

66 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bobbitt. The most, 19, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 18
New South Wales 17
ACT (Canberra) 15
Queensland 6
South Australia 5
Tasmania 3
Western Australia 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bobbitt.

Who carried it

People named Bobbitt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Franklin Bobbitt 1876–1956 · writer
  • William H. Bobbitt 1900–1992 · judge
  • Ottis Bobbitt 1907–1994 · meteorologist
  • James M. Bobbitt 1930–2021 · chemist
  • Betty Bobbitt 1939–2020 · actor
  • Betty Bobbitt 1939–2020 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bobbitt,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States396 records

396 records of the Bobbitt name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 254
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 110
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Garland Claude Bobbitt

    Born 1934; from Beltsville, Maryland. U.S. Marine Corps, plumbing and water supply specialist; killed in action 1966 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Knoxville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mike E. Bobbitt

    Born 1919 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg; laundry worker. U.S. Army veteran; died 1996, buried at Lafayette Memorial Park - Jennifer Robson, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Bobbitt

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1850 aboard the Joseph Badger from Liverpool, aged 33. From Wales.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 396 records for Bobbitt in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada37 records

37 records of the Bobbitt name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 25
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 11
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Wallace Bobbitt

    Buried in 1937 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 56.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Benjamin Bobbitt

    Died 1952 in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Henry Bobbitt

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 37 records for Bobbitt in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Bobbitt name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John J. Bobbitt

    Gentleman of Malvern, Victoria; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frank Victor Bobbitt

    Retired of W Boronia, Victoria; died 1969.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Hazel Elsie Bobbitt

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1980.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Bobbitt in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Bobbitt name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. A. Bobbitt

    Northamptonshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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