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Robert is a male given name.
The name Robert[1][2] is derived from Germanic roots meaning "Bright Fame". After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England, where an Anglo-Saxon cognate of the name also already existed, with the Normans.
- Proto-Germanic hrôdberxtas
- Old German Hrodebert, Rodbert
- Old English language Hrēodbēorht, Hrodberht, Hrēodbēorð, Hrœdbœrð, Hrœdberð
- Old French Rodbert, Robert
- Modern English Robert, Roberta(feminine)
- Modern French Robert, Rober, Roper, Roberta(feminine)
- New High German Robert, Rodebrecht, Rodeberht, Roberta(feminine)
- Traditional Spanish Roberto, Robertina(feminine)
Variations
There are several variations, some of which are used as nicknames for people named Robert, and others which are derived from the name Robert. The following which are marked "*" also have other derivations.
In Italy during the Second World War, the form of the name, Roberto, briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the '''Ro'''me-'''Be'''rlin-'''To'''kyo Axis)[3].
Given names
Historical
Saints
- Saint Robert of Molesme, founder of the Cistercian Order
- Saint Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church
- Saint Robert Schteigers, High Germanic Priest
- Saint Robert La Fontaine, Co-founder of The Church of France
Medieval
Dukes of Normandy
Kings of Scotland
Franconian Babenbergers/Robertian Capetians
- Robert I of Wormgau(aka Rutpert I, Hruodbertus I)
- Robert II of Wormgau(aka Rutpert II, Hruodbertus II)
- Robert III of Wormgau(aka Rutpert III, Hruodbertus III)
- Robert the Strong(aka Rutpert IV, Hruodbertus IV)
Politics and Legal
- Robert Bell (speaker), Speaker of the British House of Commons 1572-76, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
- Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
- Robert Bork, American judge
- Róbert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia
- Robert Gates U.S. Secretary of Defense
- Robert Hawke, former Prime Minister of Australia
- Robert Heinrich Wagner, Nazi Gauleiter and Reich Governor of Alsace
- Robert Hill, former Australian Defence Minister
- Robert Francis Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General (1961-1964) and younger brother of President John F. Kennedy
- Robert M. La Follette, Sr., politician
- Robert M. La Follette, Jr., politician
- Robert E. Lee, General of Confederate army during United States Civil War
- Robert McClelland, Australian politician
- Robert McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense (1961 to 1968) during President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration
- Robert Milligan, British soldier and politician
- Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe
- Robert Muldoon, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Robert Schuman, late German-French foreign minister, regarded as one of the founders of the European Union
- Robert Zubrin, Martian advocate
- Robert Zoellick, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
- Robert Jovicic, stateless person.
- Robert F. Wagner, Democratic U.S. Senator, New York
- Robert F. Wagner, Jr., New York City Mayor
Entertainment & The Arts
- Robert Adam Scottish Architect
- Robert April, fictional character in the Star Trek universe
- Robert Barclay, eminent writer of the 17th century
- Robert Beltran, best known for his role as Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager
- Roberto Benigni, Academy-Award winning Italian movie director and actor
- Robert Bingham, American writer
- LeVar Robert Martyn Burton Jr., actor and director who first came to prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award winning television miniseries Roots
- Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer (born Roberto Carlos Braga)
- Robert Carlyle, a British actor
- Robert Colescott, United States painter
- Robert Conway, professional wrestler
- Robert Cummings, American film director and musician under the name Rob Zombie
- Robert De Niro, two-time Oscar-winning American actor
- Robert Del Naja, British trip-hop musician best known for his work with Massive Attack
- Robert Englund, American actor best known for his portrayal of horror character Freddy Krueger
- Robert A. Heinlein, late science fiction author
- Robert Johnson, an influential American blues singer and songwriter
- Robert Lindsay, British actor
- Robert Lowe, actor
- Robert Ludlum , American fiction author
- Robert Nesta Marley, musician better known as Bob Marley
- Robert Merwald, opera singer
- Robert McCormick, Australian drummer
- Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor, producer, movie director, and television director who is best known for his role as Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television show, Star Trek: Voyager
- Roberto Miura, fictional character from the Rival Schools video game universe
- Robert Moog, electronic music synthesizer and pioneer
- Robert Novak, columnist and writer
- Robert Palmer, English rock singer best known for the song Addicted to Love
- Robert Picardo, American actor
- Robert Plant, singer and songwriter; lead vocalist for the band Led Zeppelin
- Robert Redford, American actor
- Robert Schumann, German composer
- Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter
- Robert Smith (musician), vocalist and songwriter for the rock group The Cure
- Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, poet
- Robert Vaughn, American actor
- Robert Wagner, American actor
- Robert Hewitt Wolfe, American television producer and scriptwriter
- Robert Allen Zimmerman (Bob Dylan), musician
Sports
- Robert Allenby, Australian golfer
- Roberto Carlos, Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Roberto Baggio, Italian football (soccer) player
- Robert Bartko, German road and track cyclist
- Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player for whom the team owner named his champion racehorse Roberto (horse)
- Robert Conway, professional wrestler
- Robbie Fowler, English football (soccer) player
- Robert Grondelaers (1933-1989), Belgian cyclist
- Robert Horry, American professional basketball player
- Robert Horstink, Dutch volleyball player
- Robert Booker Tio Huffman, American professional wrestler
- Robert Karlsson, Swedish golfer
- Robert Oliver, New Zealand road and track cyclist
- Robert Pires, French footballer
- Roberto Lopes, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player
- Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer
- Robert Szatkowski, professional wrestler under the name Rob Van Dam
- Robert van der Zant, Australian medley swimmer
- Robert Witschge,Dutch footballer
- Robert Kubica, Polish Formula One driver
Other
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, soldier, writer and founder of the world Scouting movement
- Robert Boyle, Famous Irish-born Scientist responsible for Boyle's Law
- Robert Hooke, Famous British Scientist, best known for Hooke's Law
- Robert Moses, city planner and architect
- Robert Nozick, American Philosopher
- Robert Oppenheimer - German-American nuclear physicist, regarded as the sole "Father of the Atomic Bomb"
- Robert Pickton, Canadian accused of multiple murders
- Robert Schumann (adventurer), the youngest person ever to visit the North and South Poles.
- Robert Swirsky, pianist and computer scientist
Surnamed
see also Roberts (surname)
Institutions
See also
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- 240-Robert
- .257 Roberts
- Roger, Rodger
- Rupert
Sources
Citations
- [1] Reaney & Wilson, 1997. Dictionary of English Surnames. OUP
- [2] Withycombe, E., 1973 edn. Oxford Dictionary of English Christian names OUP
- [3] RoBerTo Checked, Time Magazine, October 19, 1942