Robert

robert Róbert Robèrt English Etymology en :der xno:Robert<ety:der<frk:-<ety:der<gmw-pro:*Hrōþiberht<ety:inh<gem-pro:*Hrōþiberhtaz>>>>>> 1 From en xno Robert, from the Old en frk - cognate of goh Hrodperht (normalised form: goh Ruodberht), from en gmw-pro *Hrōþiberht, from en gem-pro *Hrōþiberhtaz shining glory. Displaced native ang Hrōþberht from the same source, which would yield en Rothbert. en Rupert. Pronunciation en /ˈɹɑ.bɚt/ GA,CA en /ˈɹɒb.ət/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Robert.wav Southern England en /ˈɹɔb.ət/ AU en Rob ert Ro bert Proper noun en male Germanic languages. : Act I, Scene I: My brother Robert? Old Sir Robert's son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man? en 1984 w:John Edgar Wideman Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir 93 Mariner Books 2005 0618509631 I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the Robert came from me because I liked the sound. Robert was formal, dignified, important. Robert. And that was nearly as nice as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby. en Casey Tolan; Audrey Ash; Allison Gordon; Yahya Abou-Ghazala; Rob Kuznia; John Miller Police examine online videos, writings possibly linked to Minneapolis church shooting suspect w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/robin-westman-minneapolis-church-shooting-suspect 2025-08-27 A 2017 yearbook photograph obtained by CNN shows Robert Westman, later known as Robin Westman, then a student at Annunciation Catholic grade school in Minneapolis. https://web.archive.org/web/20250904133306/https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/robin-westman-minneapolis-church-shooting-suspect en rare _ compared to given name en French patronymics. Usage notes One of the most common English given names since the Norman Conquest. Derived terms en Bobert Robertshaw Robertsman Robsten Robert Lee<qq:in Texas> Roberts Robert is your father's brother Robert is your mother's brother Robert is your uncle Robertson Robert Island Robert's Rules of Order sauce Robert Related terms pet forms: Bert, Bertie, Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rabbie Scotland, Rob, Robbie, Robby, Robb variants: Robin chiefly masculine, Robyn chiefly feminine, Rupert feminine forms: Bertha, Roberta en surnames Dabb Dabbs Dabinett Dabson Dobb Dobbie Dobbin Dobbing Dobbins Dobbinson Dobbs Dobby Dobbyn Dobie Dobing Dobinson Dobkin Dobson Dopson Hob Hobb Hobbes Hobbins Hobbis Hobbs Hoblyn Hobson Hopkin Hopkins Hopkinson Hopson Nobb Nobbs Nobes Probert Probin Probyn Rab Rabb Rabbitt Rabson Rapson Rob Robarts Robb Robbens Robbie Robbin Robbins Robbs Roberson Roberts Robertson Robeson Robey Robin Robins Robinson Robison Roblett Roblin Robson Roby Translations given name Albanian: sq Robérti m Arabic: ar رُوبِرْت rōbert, ar رُوبِير m robēr from French Armenian: hy Ռոբերտ Azerbaijani: az Robert Bengali: bn রবার্ট Bulgarian: bg Ро́бърт m Catalan: ca Robert m Cherokee: chr ᏩᏆᏘ waquati Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 羅伯特 Luóbótè from English, cmn 羅貝爾 Luóbèi'ěr from French, cmn 羅伯 Luóbó Catholic Corsican: co Robertu m, co Rubertu m Czech: cs Robert Danish: da Robert Esperanto: eo Roberto Estonian: et Robert Faroese: fo Róðbjartur m, fo Robert m Finnish: fi Roope French: fr Robert Middle French: frm Robert Old French: fro Robert Old French: fro Robert Galician: gl Roberto Georgian: ka რობერტი German: de Robert, de Rupprecht Greek: el Ροβέρτος, el Ρόμπερτ Hawaiian: haw Lopaka Hungarian: hu Róbert Icelandic: is Hróbjartur, is Róbert Inuktitut: iu ᕉᐱᕐᑦ Irish: ga Riobard Italian: it Roberto Japanese: ja ロバート Robāto Korean: ko ^로베르트 m Latin: la Rupertus m, la Robertus m Latvian: lv Roberts Lithuanian: lt Ròbertas Māori: mi Rāpata, mi Rōpata Marathi: mr रॉबर्ट m Norman: nrf Robèrt m Norwegian: no Robert Occitan: oc Robèrt m Old English: ang Hrēodbēorht Persian: fa رابرت râbert Polish: pl Robert m Portuguese: pt Roberto m Romanian: ro Robert Russian: ru Ро́берт Scottish Gaelic: gd Raibeart Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh Robert Sicilian: scn Rubertu m Spanish: es Roberto Swedish: sv Robert Welsh: cy Robat m Albanian Proper noun m sq male Declension Azerbaijani Proper noun az en male given name Robert Catalan Pronunciation è Proper noun m ca male Robert Derived terms ca robertí Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Robert, from ceb xno Robert, from the Old Frankish cognate of goh Hrodperht, from ceb gem-pro *Hrōþiberhtaz shining glory. Proper noun ceb noun ceb male English < Germanic languages Chinese Alternative forms yue 蘿拔 羅拔 Etymology From yue en Robert, the meaning male idiot first appeared in a TVB drama zh 《 老友鬼鬼 》 (1991). Pronunciation lo1 bat4 n Noun zh noun zh HKC slang dated male idiot 你 咪{mai5} 當{dong3} 我 R{l}o{o1}be{a}r{}t{t4} 喎{wo3}！ Don't treat me as an idiot! C-HK yue 1999-09-02 Henry Chen hk.rec.audio-visual AV Amp 一談 https://groups.google.com/g/hk.rec.audio-visual/c/xA1Utl-LkVo/m/iW9QmqvvpnkJ 心想,你老板,當我Robert啊你! $7280!? yue 2003-12-10 我是地球人 hk.politics Channel News Asia: Chinese state press all but ignores Bush-Wen meeting https://groups.google.com/g/hk.politics/c/a84VKoAGbUE/m/fhN-X-37pVgJ 我當我 Robert 定 Lulu? yue 2011 蘇真真 zh:《真中文──正確中文這樣寫》 Hong Kong 日閱出版社 978-988-8082-53-7 118 https://books.google.com/books?id=cZquAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA118 想 呃{ngaak1} 我？你 當{dong3} 我 R{l}o{o1}be{a}r{}t{t4} 呀{aa4}？ You want to trick me? You're taking me as an idiot? C-HK Synonyms 傻子 Coordinate terms yue Lulu References 255 Czech cs: Pronunciation Proper noun m-an cs male Robert Declension cs proper noun Danish Proper noun da proper noun da male Robert Dutch Etymology From nl dum robert, from nl fro, from Germanic. Equivalent to a Frenchified form of nl Robrecht. Pronunciation nl /ˈroː.bərt/ /ˈrɔ.bərt/ /roːˈbɛr/ French-based pronunciation nl Nl-Robert.ogg nl Ro bert Proper noun m nl male Derived terms nl robertskruid Related terms nl Rob Robbert Roberto Robertus Robrecht Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et male Robert Related terms et Robi Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun m fo male Robert Usage notes m Robertsson Robertsdóttir Declension Robert Robert Roberti Roberts Finnish Etymology From fi sv Robert, from fi en Robert or fi la Robertus, from fi frk *Hrōþiberht. Pronunciation Proper noun fi male Robert Germanic languages Declension Robert a 0 Derived terms fi Roope Roopertti Statistics dvv_20250813 3032 4444 199 References French fr: Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Robert.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun m fr male Robert Roberte fr patronymics Derived terms fr Brie-Comte-Robert herbe à Robert robert Related terms fr Rubert Further reading robert German Etymology From de gmh Robert, from de la Robertus, from de frk -, from de gem-pro *Hrōþiberhtaz. Reinforced since the 18th century by de fr Robert. Other (chiefly southern) German forms are de Rupert and de Ruprecht. Pronunciation de /ˈʁoːbɛʁt/ /ˈʁoːbɐt/ with some regional variation, the latter being uncommon in western Germany de De-Robert.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m de male Frankish Robert Roberta Related terms de Rob Robin Rupert Ruprecht Italian it: Etymology 1 it en Robert. Pronunciation Ròbert<r:DiPI<<name:dipi>>> Proper noun m it en male given name Etymology 2 it :bor fr:Robert it fr Robert. Pronunciation Robèr<r:<<name:dipi>>> Proper noun mfbysense it fr male given name,surname References Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no male Robert Old French Etymology Of fro gem - origin, equivalent to fro frk *hrōþi fame + frk *berht bright. Proper noun m Roberz fro male, a Germanic (Old Frankish) borrowing Polish pl:+ Pronunciation Pl-Robert.ogg Etymology 1 pl 1 pl Rupert. Proper noun m-pr Robercik Roberta pl male Robert Proper noun m-pr pl m Declension <m.pr.surname> Proper noun f 1 pl f Etymology 2 pl 1 Proper noun proper noun form Roberta f Further reading Swedish Etymology First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1219. Pronunciation sv /¹roːbɛʈ/ /¹roːbæʈ/ Proper noun c sv male Robert Related terms male given names sv Robin surnames sv Robertsson References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 55 692 males with the given name Robert living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.