Robert

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒb.ət/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑ.bɚt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔb.ət/
• Hyphenation: Rob‧ert

Robert

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase 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, published 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 the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.

2. (rare compared to given name) A French surname originating as a patronymic.

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

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

Robert m

1. a male given name

Robert (definite accusative Roberti, plural Robertlər)

1. a transliteration of the English male given name Robert

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈβɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roˈbɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˈbɛɾt]

Robert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

• robertí

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 from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

• 蘿拔 / 萝拔, 羅拔 / 罗拔 (lo⁴ bat⁶)

From English Robert, the meaning “male idiot” first appeared in a TVB drama 《老友鬼鬼》 (1991).

Robert

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, dated) male idiot

   你咪當我Robert喎！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
   你咪当我Robert㖞！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ mai⁵ dong³ ngo⁵ lo¹ bat⁴ wo³! [Jyutping]

   Don't treat me as an idiot!

   • 1999 September 2, Henry Chen, “AV Amp 一談”, in hk.rec.audio-visual‎^[1] (Usenet):

     心想,你老板,當我Robert啊你! $7280!?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2003 December 10, 我是地球人, “Channel News Asia: Chinese state press all but ignores Bush-Wen meeting”, in hk.politics‎^[2] (Usenet):

     我當我 Robert 定 Lulu?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2011, 蘇真真, 《真中文──正確中文這樣寫》, Hong Kong: 日閱出版社, →ISBN, page 118:

     想呃我？你當我Robert呀？ [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
     想呃我？你当我Robert呀？ [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

     soeng² ngaak¹ ngo⁵? nei⁵ dong³ ngo⁵ lo¹ bat⁴ aa⁴? [Jyutping]

     You want to trick me? You're taking me as an idiot?

• Lulu

• Bolton, Kingsley, Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 255

• IPA^(key): [ˈrobɛrt]

Robert m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

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Robert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

From Middle Dutch robert, from Old French [Term?], from Germanic. Equivalent to a Frenchified form of Robrecht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈroː.bərt/, /ˈrɔ.bərt/, (French-based pronunciation) /roːˈbɛr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ro‧bert

Robert m

1. a male given name

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

From Swedish Robert, from Latin Robertus, from Frankish *Hrōþiberht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrobert/, [ˈro̞be̞rt̪]
• Rhymes: -obert
• Syllabification^(key): Ro‧bert
• Hyphenation^(key): Ro‧bert

Robert

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Robert

• Robert is the 201^st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,968 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,356 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.bɛʁ/

Robert m

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Roberte, equivalent to English Robert
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

• filae.com
• Forebears (French)

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 (proper noun, strong, genitive Roberts)

1. a male given name from Frankish, feminine equivalent Roberta, equivalent to English Robert

Unadapted borrowing from English Robert.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.bert/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔbert
• Hyphenation: Rò‧bert

Robert m

1. a male given name in English

Borrowed from French Robert.

• IPA^(key): /roˈbɛr/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Robert m or f by sense

1. a male given name and surname in French

Robert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

Of Germanic origin, equivalent to Frankish *hrōþi (“fame”) + *berht (“bright”).

Robert m (nominative singular Roberz)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.bɛrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbɛrt
• Syllabification: Ro‧bert

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Doublet of Rupert.

Robert m pers (female equivalent Roberta, diminutive Robercik)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

Robert m pers

1. a male surname

Robert f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Robert f

1. genitive plural of Roberta

• Robert in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Robert in PWN's encyclopedia
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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
• [3] 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.