DOBRO® is a trade name, (deriving from DOpyera BROthers).

The Dopyeras started the National-Dobro company in the thirties, and the name DOBRO® was eventually acquired by Gibson.

There have always been both metal-bodied and wooden bodied Dobros maanufactured, but nowadays when musicians refer to a "Dobro" they usually mean the square necked wooden bodied version played with a slide.