This article is about the given name.

For other uses, see Robert (disambiguation).

"Roberto" redirects here. For other uses, see Roberto (disambiguation).
"Robertus" redirects here. For the spider, see Robertus (spider).

Robert

King Robert I of Scotland, national hero of Scotland

Pronunci English: /ˈrɒbərt/

ation French: [ʁɔbɛʁ]

German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt]

Czech: [ˈrobɛrt]

Slovak: [ˈrɔ(ː)bert]

Serbo-Croatian: [rǒbert]

Armenian: [rɔbɛɾt]

Gender Male

Origin

Word/ Indo-European

name Germanic

Meaning "fame-bright", "glory-bright", "shining with glory"

Region Germanic countries (England, Scotland, Germany,

 of origin Netherlands, France, Iceland, Scandinavian region

(Denmark, Sweden, Norway))

Other names

Derived Hrōþiberhtaz

Related Variants

names Rupert, Ruprecht

Boris

Robrecht

Rodbert

Raivis

Raivo

Roberts

Robin

Robinette

Nicknames

Rob (short form),

Robb (short form),

Roby (nickname),

Robbie (nickname),

Robby (nickname),

Ro (nickname),

Roe (nickname),

Bob (nickname),

Bobby (nickname)

See also Roger, Roland, Rudolph, Roderick, Roman, Rose, H

erbert, Waldemar, Vladimir

The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþi- "fame"

and *berhta- "bright" (Hrōþiberhtaz).[1] Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High
German Hrodebert (a compound of Hruod (Old Norse: Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown"
and berht "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient
Germanic origin.[2][3] It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name
is Rupert.
After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert,
where an Old English cognate form
(Hrēodbēorht, Hrodberht, Hrēodbēorð, Hrœdbœrð, Hrœdberð, Hrōðberχtŕ) had existed before
the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form
is Roberto.
Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages,
including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used
as a French, Polish, Irish, Finnish, Romanian, and Estonian name as well.

Variations
Bert, Bertie, Berto, Bertus (also short Robin (Medieval diminutive in English, Dutch, Swedish)
for Albert or Herbert) Robo
Beto, Betinho (Portuguese) Robrecht (Old Dutch)
Bo, Bob, Bobbie, Bobby Rochbert
Beau Rodbeard, Rodbeart
Chrodobert, Chrodobrecht (Frankish) Rodbert, Rodebert, Rotbert, Roteberht, Rotebert (Germanic)
Dobbie, Dobby Rodbertus, Rodepertus (Latin)
Boris (Bulgarian) (possibly not etymologically Rodebrecht (Old German)
connected, but linked together through Röpke (Low German diminutive form)
nickname "Bob") Rotbryht (Old English)
Hob, Hopkin (Medieval English) Rothbert
Hopcyn (Welsh) Roopertti, Pertti, Roope (Finnish)
Hrodberaht, Hrodebert, Hrodpreht (Old High Robertukka, Roopertukka, Tuukka (Finnish nicknames)
German) Ropars, Ropartz, Roparzh (Breton)
Rab, Rabbie (Scots) Ruben, Rupen, Roupen (Armenian)
Raibeart (Scottish Gaelic) Reuben (Hebrew)
Rhobert (Welsh) Rutbert, Rubert, Ruby (Old Dutch)
Roibeárd, Riobárd (Irish) Rudebet, Rudbert, Rudbert, Rudpert, Rudbrecht, Rudprecht
Rob, Robb, Robbie, Robby (also short Rupert (Dutch, English, German, Polish)
for Robin) Ruperto (Spanish)
Rod Rupertus, Rvpertvs (Latin)
Robbe (Dutch, Frisian and Low German short Rutpert, Ruppert, Rupprecht, Ruprecht (Upper German)
form) Trebor (reversal)
Roban
Robban (Swedish)
Feminine forms:
Robbert (Dutch)
Bobbi, Bobbie
Robbi, Hrobbi, Hrobjartur, Bjartur, Art (Icelandic
Robbi, Robbie
)
Roberta
Robercik or Robuś (Polish, "Little Robert")
Robertina, Robertine
Robere (Old French)
Robina
Ροβῆρος, Rovēros (Greek)
Robyn, Robynne
Róbert (Hungarian, Icelandic, Slovak)
Ruprette, Rupretta (archaic French)
Robertas (Lithuanian)
Roberto (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
Robertino (Italian, "Little Robert") Surnames:
Robertinho (Portuguese, "Little Robert") Robert, Roberts, Robertson, Roberson, Robinson, Robero, Ro
Роберт (Robert), Роман (Roman) (Russian) rt
Ροβέρτος, Rovértos (Greek)
Raivo (Estonian)
Roberts (Latvian)
Raivis (Latvian form of the Estonian variant)
Robertson (English given name)
Robertus (Latin)
Robetus (Medieval misspelling?)
Robi (Croatian, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian)
Röbi (Swiss German)