Robert name - Meaning of Robert
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 6
- Usage
- English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
- Pronounced
- RAH-bərt (English) , ro-BER (French) , RO-bert (German) , RO-bərt (Dutch) , RAW-bert (Polish) , RO-byert (Russian) , RO-beert (Russian)
- Robert Meaning
- From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain, where it replaced the Old English cognate Hreodbeorht. It has been a very common English name since that time. The name has been borne by two early kings of France, two Dukes of Normandy, and three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce who restored the independence of Scotland from England in the 14th century. The author Robert Browning (1812-1889) and poets Robert Burns (1759-1796) and Robert Frost (1874-1963) are famous literary bearers of this name. Other bearers include Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), the commander of the Confederate army during the American Civil War, and American actors Robert Redford (1936-), Robert De Niro (1943-) and Robert Downey Jr. (1965-). Robert originates in Germanic languages and means "brilliant fame". As a masculine given name it has been popular over centuries, and in different spellings all over the world. This was the name of several kings of France and Scotland. Recent famous bearers include American actor Robert Downey Jr. and English actor Robert Pattinson.
Robert Related Names
Variants: Rupert, Ruprecht (Low German), Robrecht (Dutch), Hrodebert, Hrodpreht (Ancient Germanic), Robb, Bob, Bobby, Robbie…
Diminutives: Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, Robby, Robin (English), Bob, Rob, Robbe (Dutch)
Feminine Forms: Bobbi, Bobbie, Robbie, Roberta, Robyn, Robena, Robina, Robynne (English)
Other Languages: Roparzh (Breton), Roopertti, Pertti, Roope (Finnish), Róbert, Robi (Hungarian), Róbert (Icelandic), Roibeárd (Irish), Roberto (Italian), Roberts (Latvian), Robertas (Lithuanian), Hob, Hopkin (Medieval English), Roberto (Portuguese), Raibeart, Rab, Rabbie (Scottish), Roberto, Ruperto (Spanish), Hopcyn (Welsh)
Robert Celebrities
Robert de Niro - actor, Robert Redford - actor, Robert Downey jr. - actor, Robert Duvall - actor, Robert Guillaume - actor, Robert F. Kennedy - politician, Robert Lebel - hockey player, Robert Pattinson - actor, Robert Plant - musician, Robert Kendrick - tennis player, Rob Lowe - actor,
