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Robin
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robin
English
Alternative forms
en Robyn as a given name
Etymology
masculine given name From en enm Robin, from en fro -, diminutive of fro Robert.
feminine given name From the bird, en robin, or from en gem -.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɒbɪn/ RP
en /ˈɹɑbɪn/ US
en ɒbɪn 2
en Rob in Ro bin
Proper noun
s
en unisex.
en male Romance languages,Germanic languages.
I i 186 1 They ſay hee is already in the Forreſt of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there liue like the old Robin Hood of England
en 1785 w:Robert Burns Rantin', Rovin' Robin This waly boy will be nae coof: /I think we'll call him Robin./ Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin', rantin', rovin', /Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin' Robin.
en 1991 w:Julian Barnes Talking It Over Jonathan Cape 0224031570 12 Some names simply aren't appropriate after a while. Say you were called Robin, for instance. Well that's a perfectly good monicker up to the age of about nine, but pretty soon you'd have to do something about it, wouldn't you? Change your name by deed-poll to Samson, or Goliath, or something.
en female Germanic languages, also associated with the bird robin.
en 1949 w:Adela Rogers St. John Never Again, and Other Stories 25 Doubleday "We'll name her Robin," her mother said, and it was as though at her words something of that spring and the bird's song and his gay and friendly and impudent spirit entered into the child.
en Allen Kim What you don’t know about the Bush family dynasty w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/politics/5-things-bush-family 2019-03-08 In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her. https://web.archive.org/web/20220914182031/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/08/politics/5-things-bush-family
en rare _ compared to given name en patronymics.
Derived terms
en Robbens Robinocracy Robinson Robison Robin boundary condition Robin Hill Robin Hood Pierre Robin sequence Christopher Robin
Translations
Male given name
Arabic: ar رُوبِن m
Bulgarian: bg Ро́бин m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 罗宾
Dutch: nl Robin m f
French: fr Robin m
German: de Robin
Hindi: hi रोबिन m, hi रॉबिन m
Japanese: ja ロビン Robin
Korean: ko ^로빈
Marathi: mr रॉबिन m
Russian: ru Ро́бин m
See also
Robin (comics) Robin (comic book character)
Noun
en soccer Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Anagrams
en binor Biron Brion inorb
en unisex given names
en American fiction Fictional characters
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Robin
Declension
m.an
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from da en -.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male Robin
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from nl en -.
Pronunciation
nl Ro bin
nl Nl-Robin.ogg
Proper noun
nl proper noun
nl unisex Robin
Estonian
Etymology
Recently borrowed from et en -.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male Robin
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Robin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
Declension
0 Robin a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2869 504 206 24 22
References
French
Etymology
fr fro - diminutive of fro Robert. fr Robert -in.
Pronunciation
fr ɛ̃ 2
Proper noun
m
fr male Robin
fr patronymics
Derived terms
fr robinier
fr Binoche
fr Robin des Bois
German
Etymology
de :bor en:-
de en -.
Pronunciation
de De-Robin.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male Robin
Middle English
Etymology
From enm fro -, diminutive of fro Robert.
Proper noun
enm proper noun
enm male Romance languages,Germanic languages Robin
late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:
enm Oure Hoste saugh that he was dronke of ale,And seyde, "Abyd, Robin, my leve brother,Som bettre man shal telle us first another:Abyd, and lat us werken thriftily."
Descendants
en Robin
yol Rubbeen
References
Robin n MED37708
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from no en Robin.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male Robin
Swedish
Etymology
From sv en Robin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1880.
Proper noun
c
sv male Robin
sv female
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistical Central Office; and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 27 631 males with the given name Robin living in Sweden on December 31, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on June 19, 2011.