Given name & surname
Robbert
“one who is bright with fame”
In Dutch use, Robbert has a related form in Robert. One German interpretation is “one who is bright with fame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Dutch use, Robbert has a related form in Robert. One German interpretation is “one who is bright with fame.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Robbert has a related form in Robert. Robert has been associated with Germanic and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Dutch use, Robbert has a related form in Robert. The history of Robert gives this family its wider story. Robert’s historical associations include three kings of Scotland, notably Robert the Bruce.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Robbert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 580
- 580 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 16 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 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 691 as a first name in 2020; 225 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.
Robbert’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Robbert has a related form in Robert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Robbert
- HardwellDutch DJ and record producer (born 1988)
- Bob KulickAmerican guitarist (1950–2020)
- Robbert DijkgraafDutch politician, mathematical physicist and string theoristborn 1960
- Robbert SchilderDutch footballerborn 1986
- Robbert de GreefDutch cyclist1991–2019
- Robbert KempermanDutch field hockey playerborn 1990
- Robbert AndringaDutch volleyball player (born 1990)
- Robbert DuvalDutch painter (1649-1732)
- Robbert te LoekeDutch footballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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