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Robert

in the US

There are 3,389,867 people with the first name "Robert" in the United States.

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  1. is 1st most common John
  2. is 2nd most common Robert
  3. is 3rd most common James
  4. is 4th most common Michael
  5. is 5th most common David
  6. is 6th most common Mary
  7. is 7th most common William
  8. is 8th most common Richard
  9. is 9th most common Thomas

Similar Names and Nicknames

Rob, Robbie, Roberto, Bob, Bobby, Bobbie, Robb, Robbert, Robby, Robbi

Most Common Last Names for Robert

Nelson, Smith, Johnson, Brown, Jones, Miller, Williams, Davis, Taylor, Anderson

Meaning & History

(male) One of the many French names of Germanic origin that were introduced into Britain by the Normans; it has since remained in continuous use. It is derived from the nearly synonymous elements hrōd ‘fame’ + berht ‘bright, famous’, and had a native Old English predecessor of similar form (Hreodbeorht), which was supplanted by the Norman name. Two dukes of Normandy in the 11th century bore the name: the father of William the Conqueror (sometimes identified with the legendary Robert the Devil), and his eldest son. It was borne also by three kings of Scotland, notably Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), who freed Scotland from English domination. The altered short form Bob is very common, but Hob and Dob, which were common in the Middle Ages and gave rise to surnames, are extinct. See also Rupert.

Short forms: Bob, Rob.

Pet forms: Bobby, Robbie, Robin.

Cognates: Irish: Roibéard. Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart. German: Robert, Rupprecht. Dutch: Robrecht, Rob(b)ert. Scandinavian: Robert. French: Robert. Spanish, Portuguese, Italian: Roberto. Czech: Robert. Finnish: Roopertti. Hungarian: Róbert. Latvian: Roberts.

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