Robert

From Anglo-Norman Robert, from the Old Frankish cognate of Old High German Hrodperht (normalised form: Ruodberht), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz (literally “shining glory”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒb.ət/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑb.əɹt/
• Hyphenation: Rob‧ert

Robert

1. A male given name.
   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals):

     : Act I, Scene I:

     My brother Robert? Old Sir Robert's son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?

   • 1984 John Edgar Wideman, Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir, Mariner Books, 2005, →ISBN, page 93

     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 as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.

2. (rare compared to given name) A patronymic surname​.

• One of the most common English given names since the Norman Conquest.

• Robert Lee (in Texas)

• pet forms: Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rabbie (Scotland), Rob, Robbie, Robby, Robb
• variants: Robin, Rupert
• feminine forms: Roberta, Robin, Robyn

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /roˈbɛɾt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ruˈbɛrt/

Robert m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

From English Robert, from Anglo-Norman Robert, from the Old Frankish cognate of Old High German Hrodperht, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz (literally “shining glory”).

Robert

1. a male given name

• IPA^(key): [ˈrobɛrt]

Robert m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

Robert

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

Robert

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

• Robi

Robert m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

Patronymics

• son of Robert: Robertsson
• daughter of Robert: Robertsdóttir

• IPA^(key): /ˈrobert/, [ˈro̞be̞rt̪]

Robert

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.bɛʁ/

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Robert

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.
2. A patronymic surname​.

From Middle High German Robert, from Latin Robertus, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz. Reinforced since the 18th century by French Robert. Other (chiefly southern) German forms are Rupert and Ruprecht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːbɛʁt/, /ˈʁoːbɐt/ (with some regional variation, the latter being uncommon in western Germany)

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Robert m (genitive Roberts)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert

• Roberta

Robert

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

Robert m (nominative singular Roberz)

1. A male given name, a Germanic (Old Frankish) borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.bɛrt/

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Robert m pers

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

• Robert in Polish dictionaries at PWN

First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1219.

• IPA^(key): /¹roːbɛʈ/, /¹roːbæʈ/

Robert c (genitive Roberts)

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Robert.

• (male given names) Robin
• (surnames) Robertsson

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.