What is the origin of the name Hobby?
English:: 1: from the Middle English personal name Hoby a shortened form of Hobin. See Hobbins.2: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English hobi ‘small species of hawk’ (Old French hobet [...]
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What is the origin of the name Hobby?
English:: 1: from the Middle English personal name Hoby a shortened form of Hobin. See Hobbins.2: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English hobi ‘small species of hawk’ (Old French hobet [...]