Robert

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The name Robert is a Germanic given name, from hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". It is also in use as a surname.^[1][2]

After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form (Hrēodbēorht, Hrodberht, Hrēodbēorð, Hrœdbœrð, Hrœdberð) had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian form is Roberto.

Variations

In Italy during the Second World War, the form of the name, Roberto, briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.^[5]

People

This section lists people commonly referred to solely by this name.

Duke of Normandy

• Robert the Magnificent, also known as Robert the Devil, father of William the Conqueror

Franconian Babenbergers/Robertian Capetians

• Robert II (Robert of Hesbaye) of Worms, Germany (aka Rutpert II, Hruodbertus II)
• Robert III of Worms, Germany (aka Rutpert III, Hruodbertus III)
• Robert the Strong (aka Rutpert IV, Hruodbertus IV)

Kings of France

• Robert I of France
• Robert II of France

King of Naples

• Robert of Naples

Kings of Scotland

• Robert I of Scotland ("Robert the Bruce")
• Robert II of Scotland
• Robert III of Scotland

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
• Brother Robert, 13th century translator of French works into Old Norse

Saints

• Saint Robert of Molesme, founder of the Cistercian Order (d. 1111)
• Saint Robert of Newminster, established the Abbey of Newminster near the castle of Ralph de Merlay, at Morpeth, Northumberland (d. 1159)
• Saint Robert de Turlande, founding abbot of the Abbey of Casa Dei, also called Chaise-Dieu (d. 1067)

In different languages

• Armenian: Ռոբերտ (Robert)
• Bulgarian: Роберт (Robert)
• Catalan: Robert
• Croatian: Robert
• Czech: Robert
• Dutch: Robbert, Robert
• French: Robert
• Georgian: რობერტ (Robert)
• German: Robert
• Greek: Ροβέρτος (Rovértos)
• Hebrew: רוברט (Robert)
• Hungarian: Róbert
• Icelandic: Róbert
• Irish: Roibeard
• Italian: Roberto
• Japanese: ロバート(Robâto)
• Korean: 로버트 (Lobeoteu)
• Latin: Robertus
• Latvian: Roberts
• Lithuanian: Robertas
• Macedonian: Роберт (Robert)
• Norwegian: Robert
• Polish: Robert
• Portuguese: Roberto
• Romanian: Robert
• Russian: Роберт (Robert)
• Serbian: Роберт/Robert
• Slovak: Robert
• Slovene: Robert
• Spanish: Roberto
• Swedish: Robert

Surname

• Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber
• Hubert Robert, French painter
• Laurent Robert, French footballer
• Paul Robert (lexicographer), French lexicographer
• Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, French balloonists circa 1783-4

See also

• Bobby - nickname for Robert
• Roberson
• Roberts (surname)
• Robertson (surname)
• Robinson (name)
• Rodger
• Roger
• Rupert (name)

References

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