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The name Robert is derived from Germanic roots hrod and beraht meaning "fame" and "bright". 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)
(Medieval) Latin Rotberti

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. Of the following, those which are marked "*" also have other derivations.

Bert Berto Bertus Bobby Bo Bob Robby Robere (Old French)
Roberts (Robertson)
Rob Robb Robercik* (Polish)
Rodbert Rothbert Róbert (Icelandic)
Roberto (Latin)
Robertino (Italian, "Little Robert")
Beto (Latin)
Robertus Robbert (Dutch)
Robbi (Icelandic)
Robbie Röbi (Swiss German)

Robin Röpke (Low German)
Rabbie Robban (Swedish)
Roban Robert Robetus Roibeárd (Irish)
Roeper Roper (Breton/French)
Roope (Finnish)
Roupen (Armenian)
Ruben*
Rubens*
Raban Rabanus Rambert*
Ratbert*

Rupert Ruprecht (Old High German)
Ruppert Rvpertvs (Latin: "Rupertus")
Rubert Rochbert Robrecht (German)
Rodebert Rodebrecht (Old German)
Rudbert Rudebet Roteberht (Germanic)
Rotebert (Germanic)
Rodebert

Feminine forms:
Roberta Bobbie Robertine Robertina Ruprette/a (archaic French)

In Italy during the Second World War, the form of the name, Roberto, briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.

Given names

Historical

Saints

Saint Robert of Molesme, founder of the Cistercian Order

Saint Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church

Saint Robert of Newminster, established the Abbey of Newminster near the castle of Ralph de Merlay, at Morpeth, Northumberland

Medieval

Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English noble

Robert of Melun, scholastic theologian

Robert of Winchelsea, theologian and opponent of both Edward I and Edward II of England

Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer and Duke of Apulia and Calabria from 1059-1085

Brother Robert, 13th century translator of French works into Old Norse

Elizabethan

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English noble and favourite of Elizabeth I

King of France

Robert I

Robert II "the Pious"

Dukes of Normandy

Robert the Magnificent, also known as Robert the Devil, father of William the Conqueror

Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror and leader of the First Crusade

Kings of Scotland

Robert I of Scotland ("Robert the Bruce")

Robert II of Scotland

Robert III 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

Robert 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 Menzies, former Prime Minister of Australia

Robert Milligan, British soldier and politician

Robert Mugabe, former 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

Robert Walpole, popularly regarded as the first British Prime Minister

Entertainment & the arts

Robert Adam, Scottish architect

Robert Altman Movie Director

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

Roberto Benigni, Academy-Award winning Italian movie director and actor

Robert Bingham, American writer

Robert Blake, American actor

Rob Bourdon, drummer for Linkin Park. (Born Robert Gregory Bourdon)

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, British actor

Robert Colescott, United States painter

Robert Conrad, American actor

Robbie Coltrane, British Actor

Robert Conway, professional wrestler

Robert Culp, American actor

Robert Cummings, American film director and musician under the name Rob Zombie

Robert De Niro, two-time Oscar-winning Italian-American actor

Robert Del Naja, British trip-hop musician best known for his work with Massive Attack

Robert Donat, Academy Award Actor

Robert Downey Jr., American actor

Robert Duvall, American actor

Bob Dylan, American musician (born Robert Allen Zimmerman)

Robert Englund, American actor best known for his portrayal of horror character Freddy Krueger

Robert Evans, Film Producer

Robert Forster, American actor

Robert Frost, American poet

Robert Goulet, singer

Robert Guillaume, actor

Robert Halford, Lead singer for Judas Priest

Robert Hass, American poet

Robert A. Heinlein, late German-American science fiction author

Robert Herrick, a British poet

Robert Herrick, an American fiction writer

Robert Iler, American actor The Sopranos

Robert Irvine, British celebrity chef and star of Dinner: Impossible

Robert Johnson, an influential American blues singer and songwriter

Robert Kelly, American singer known as R Kelly

Robert Klein, American comic

Robby Krieger, The Doors guitarist

Robert Lansing, actor

Robert Sean Leonard, actor

Robert Lindsay, British actor

Robert Lowe, American actor

Robert Ludlum, American fiction author

Robert Nesta Marley, musician better known as Bob Marley

Robert Merrill, opera singer

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,

Robert Miles

Robert Mitchum American actor

Roberto Miura, fictional character from the Rival Schools video game universe

Robert Moog, electronic music synthesizer and pioneer

Robert Morse, American actor

Robert Morley, British Actor

Robert Novak, columnist and writer

Robert Palmer, English rock singer best known for the song Addicted to Love

Robert Pastorelli actor

Robert Picardo, American actor

Robert Plant, singer and songwriter; lead vocalist for the band Led Zeppelin

Robert Preston, American actor

Robert Reed, actor The Brady Bunch

Robert Redford, American actor

Robert Ripley, Ripley's Believe it or Not

Robert Rodriguez,film maker

Roberto Rossellini, Italian Director

Robert Ryan, actor

Robert Schimmel, comic

Robert Schumann, German composer

Robert Shaw, actor, Jaws, The Sting

Robert Sheckley, American author

Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter

Robert Smith (musician), vocalist and songwriter for the rock group The Cure

Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, poet

Robert Taylor, American actor

Robert Thomas, singer known as Rob Thomas

Robert Townsend, actor and film maker

Robert Urich, American actor

Robert Vaughn, American actor

Robert Wagner, American actor

Robert Williams, English pop star, more commonly known as Robbie Williams

Robert Wise, director and producer

Robert Hewitt Wolfe, American television producer and scriptwriter

Robert Young, American actor Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.

Robert Zemeckis, film director and producer

Sports

Robert Allenby, Australian golfer

Roberto Alomar, baseball player

Roberto Carlos da Silva, Brazilian football (soccer) player

Roberto Baggio, Italian football (soccer) player

Robert Bartko, German road and track cyclist

Robert Brazile, 1970s all decade team NFL linebacker

Roberto Calcaterra, Italian water polo player

Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player for whom the team owner named his champion racehorse Roberto (horse)

Robert Conway, professional wrestler

Rob Dibble, baseball player and sports analyst

Roberto Donadoni, Former Italian football (soccer) player and head coach of the Italian national team

Roberto Duran, boxer

Roberto Ferrari, Italian high jumper

Robert Fick, baseball player

Robbie Fowler, English football (soccer) player

Robert Grondelaers (1933-1989), Belgian cyclist

Roberto Hernandez, baseball player

Robert Horry, American professional basketball player

Robert Horstink, Dutch volleyball player

Robert Iarusci, Canadian/Italian professional soccer player

Robert Ihly, German race walker

Robert Booker Tio Huffman, American professional wrestler

Robert Jones (American football), former pro bowl football player for the Dallas Cowboys

Robert Karlsson, Swedish golfer

Roberto Kelly, baseball player

Robert Knievel motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel

Robbie Knievel, motorcycle daredevil son of Evel Knievel

Robert Kubica, Polish Formula One driver

Roberto Lopes, Brazilian beach volleyball player

Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player

Roberto Mancini, Italian manager of F.C Internazionale Milano

Robert Oliver, New Zealand road and track cyclist

Robert Orr, Hockey player

Robert Pires, French footballer

Robert Parish, American professional basketball player

Robert Porcher, Former Detroit Lions defensive stand out

Robert Reid (basketball) (1955- ), American basketball player

Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer

Robert Remus, former pro wrestler Sgt. Slaughter

Robert Smith (football player), former standout running back for the Minnesota Vikings

Robert Szatkowski, professional wrestler under the name Rob Van Dam

Robby Thompson, baseball player, 2nd baseman San Francisco Giants

Robert de Wit, Dutch decathlete and bobsledder

Robert Witschge, Dutch footballer

Robert van der Zant, Australian medley swimmer

Other

Robert Atkins (nutritionist), Creator of the famous Atkins Diet.

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, soldier, writer and founder of the world Scouting movement

Robert Browning, British poet

Robert Boyle, Famous Irish-born Scientist responsible for Boyle's Law

Roberto Cavalli, Fashion Designer

Robert William Fisher, alleged murderer listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

Robert Ford (outlaw), the man who shot Jesse James

Robert Fulton, Inventor of the Steamship

Robert Hooke, Famous British Scientist, best known for Hooke's Law

Robert L. Johnson, Founder of BET network, owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. first African American billionaire

Robert Morris (financier) (1734–1806), financier of the American Revolution and signatory of three important founding documents of the United States. Robert Morris University college is named after him.

Robert Moses, city planner and architect

Robert Nozick, Polish-American Philosopher

Robert Oppenheimer, German-American nuclear physicist, regarded as the Father of the Atomic Bomb

Robert Pickton, Canadian accused of multiple murders

Robert Scoble, technology blogger.

Robert Shapiro, lawyer

Robert Spencer, American writer on Islam

Robert Spencer (disambiguation)

Robert Swirsky, pianist and computer scientist

Robert La Salle, French explorer

Surnamed

Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber

Hubert Robert, French painter

Laurent Robert, French footballer

Paul Robert, French lexicographer � see also Roberts (surname)

Institutions

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