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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)

Contents

Variations

Given names

Politics and Legal

Entertainment & The Arts

Sports

Other

Surnamed

Institutions

See also

Resources

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.

''Bert'' ''Bobby'' ''Bob'' ''Robby'' ''Roberts'' ''Rob'' ''Robb'' ''Róbert'' (Icelandic) ''Roberto'' (Latin) ''Beto'' (Latin) ''Robertus'' ''Robbert'' (Dutch) ''Robbi'' (Irish & Icelandic) ''Robbie'' ''Röbi'' (Swiss German)

''Robin'' ''Röpke'' (Low German) ''Rabbie'' ''Robban'' (Swedish) ''Roban'' ''Robet'' ''Robetus'' ''Roeper'' ''Roper'' (Breton/French) ''Ruben'' ★ ''Rubens'' ★ ''Raban'' ''Rabanus'' ''Rambert'' ★ ''Ratbert'' ★

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

'Feminine forms': ''Roberta'' ''Rober'tine' ''Rober'tina' ''Ruprett'e'/'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 'Ro'me-'Ber'lin-'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

★ 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
;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, 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 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

★ 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 Conway, professional wrestler

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

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

★ Robert Johnson, an influential American blues singer and songwriter

★ Robert Lindsay, British actor

★ Robert Lowe, American 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,

★ 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 Williams, English pop star, more commonly known as ''Robbie Williams''

★ Robert Hewitt Wolfe, American television producer and scriptwriter

★ Robert Allen Zimmerman, German-American musician, more commonly known as ''Bob Dylan''

Sports

★ Robert Allenby, Australian golfer

★ Roberto Carlos da Silva, 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

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

★ 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, Polish-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 Schuman (adventurer), the youngest person ever to visit the North and South Poles.

★ Robert Swirsky, pianist and computer scientist

★ Robert La Salle, French explorer

Surnamed

★ Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber

★ Paul Robert, French lexicographer

★ Laurent Robert, French footballer.
:''see also Roberts (surname)''

Institutions

★ Robert College of Istanbul

See also

★

★ Robertson

★ Roberson

★ Robinson

★ 240-Robert

★ .257 Roberts

★ Roger, Rodger

★ Rupert

Resources

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