as a Last Name
- 12,217
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Robert
Meaning & Origins
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrōd ‘renown’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This is found occasionally in England before the Conquest, but in the main it was introduced into England by the Normans and quickly became popular among all classes of society. The surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, as an Americanized form of one or more likesounding Jewish surnames.
| 2,554th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,217
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Robert per capita
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