Around the globe, Dobson (Dobson 
, ドブソン, Добсон 
) is a rare primarily male, but very seldom girly first name. The first name Dobson is characteristic of South Africa, where it is a very rare masculine name, Brazil, and the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in China, Brazil, and the United States. Predominantly, Dobson is the last name as well as the forename.
Dobson is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| collet barker dobson (b. 1865) |
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| roy dobson Dobson, Sir Roy Hardy (1891–1968), aircraft manufacturer (b. 1891) |
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| smith dobson American musician and music educator, US (b. 1947) |
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| meighan dobson actress |
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| wilson wesley dobson American politician, US |
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