Robert
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| Gender: | male | |
| Pronunciation: | RAH-bert | |
| Meaning: | bright with glory, bright fame | |
| Related Names: | Bert, Bo, Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rip, Rob, Robb, Robbert, Robbi, Robbie, Roberta, Roberto, Roberto, Roberts, Robin, Roper, Rupert, Ruprecht |
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ORIGIN AND HISTORY
Robert has French and German origins from the word Hrodberht, derived as hrod 'fame or glory' and berht 'bright'.
POPULARITY
Robert is widely used in continental Europe and has ranked in the top 50 most popular baby names in America in the last 15 years, though steadily declining from 14th in 1992 to 47th in 2006.
FACTS
- During the second world war its Latin variation, Roberto, was briefly used as an acronym, 'ROme-BERlin-TOkyo' to signify the 3 cities that opposed the allies.
- Robert in other languages:
- Robbert (Dutch)
- Robbi (Irish)
- Roberto (Spanish)
- Ruprecht (German)
NAMESAKES
- Robert, LA, 70544
- Saint Robert, MO, 65583
- Robert Lee, TX, 76945
- "The Bob," .257 Roberts Medium powered Rifle, first manufactured in 1934 by Remington Arms
FAMOUS PERSONS
- Robert I, King of the Scots (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), known in modern English as Robert the Bruce was King of the Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.
- Robert I, Duke of Normandy 1028-1035, famously the father of King William I of England and also held by 3 kings of Scotland, most notably Robert the Bruce,(1274-1329) who successfully fought to free Scotland from British rule. In the 19th century,there was Robert E Lee (Jan 19, 1807- Oct 12 1870)-General of the confederate army during the American civil war .
- Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904-Feb 18,1967),a brilliant American nuclear physicist, known as 'the father of the atomic bomb',
- Robert Francis Kennedy U.S Attorney General(1961-1964) and younger brother of President John F Kennedy.
- Robert De Niro,born August 17,1943- popular Academy and Golden-Globe winning American actor, director and film producer,
- Robert Redford born August 18, 1936- popular American motion picture actor, director, producer and philanthropist,
- Robert Kelly (a.k.a R.Kelly) born Jan.8,1967- a popular American urban R&B singer, *Robert 'Bob' Marley (Feb 6, 1945- May 11, 1981)-Jamaican musician who is the most widely known performer of Reggae music,
- Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927-March 12 2001)- English author of thriller novels most notably the "Bourne" trilogy from which the now popular 'Bourne' movies starring Matt Damon are loosely adapted,
- Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, born May 24, 1941- American pop musician *Roberto Baggio, born Feb 18, 1967, retired Italian soccer player easily amongst the most technically gifted and popular players in the world.
OTHER ROBERT'S
Robert Smith, Robert Johnson, Robert Williams, Robert Jones, Robert Brown, Robert Davis, Robert Miller, Robert Wilson, Robert Moore, Robert Taylor, Robert A-dcaruthers, Robert Aaberg, Robert Aagaard, Robert Aagre, Robert Aakre, Robert Aal, Robert Aaland, Robert Aalbers, Robert Aalerud, Robert Aalfs, Robert Aalgaard, Robert Aalseth, Robert Aames, Robert Aamlid, Robert Aanensen, Robert Aanerud, Robert Aanniti, Robert Aanstad, Robert Aaraj, Robert Aaramini, Robert Aarand, Robert Aarikson, Robert Abatemarco, Robert Abbinante, Robert Abdel-malak, Robert Ahlf, Robert Ahlfeild, Robert Aldosari, Robert Allwardt, Robert Apannah, Robert Arbiter, Robert Baranski, Robert Cain, Robert Campbell, Robert Capparelli, Robert Saffian, Robert Vance, Robert Varney, Robert Aaby, Robert Aach, More results
Author: Loyce Keejo
| Gender | male + |
| Length | 6 + |
| Meaning | bright with glory, bright fame + |
| Meaningnc | bright with glory, bright fame + |
| Name | robert + |
| Origin | German +, and French + |
| Popularity | 1 + |
| Pronunciation | RAH-bert + |
| Rank in 2000s | 34 + |
| Related | Bert +, Bo +, Bob +, Bobbie +, Bobby +, Rip +, Rob +, Robb +, Robbert +, Robbi +, Robbie +, Roberta +, Roberto +, Roberts +, Robin +, Roper +, Rupert +, and Ruprecht + |
