Robert
Pronunciation Proper noun
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Pronunciation Proper noun
- A male given name.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, (please specify the act number in uppercase 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, 2005, ISBN 0618509631, 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 as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.
- (rare compared to given name) Surname
- pet forms: Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rabbie (Scotland), Rob, Robbie, Robby, Robb
- variants: Robin, Rupert
- feminine forms: Roberta, Robin, Robyn
- French: Robert
- German: Robert, Rupprecht
- Italian: Roberto
- Portuguese: Roberto
- Russian: Ро́берт
- Spanish: Roberto
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