Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Robbe isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robbe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 23 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172 as a first name in 2020; 291 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Robbe’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Robbe as a surname has a related form in Robben.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Robbe
- Robbe GhysBelgian cyclistborn 1997
- Robbe De HertBelgian film director (1942-2020)
- Robbe DecostereBelgian footballerborn 1998
- Robbe QuirynenBelgian association football playerborn 2001
- Robbe DhondtBelgian cyclistborn 2004
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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