Given name
Robertha
“one who is bright with fame”
Robertha is a variant of Roberta. In English use, Roberta carries the interpretation “one who is bright with fame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Robertha is a variant of Roberta. In English use, Roberta carries the interpretation “one who is bright with fame.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robertha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 548
- 0 boys · 548 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 20 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 girls is 5 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 314 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Robertha’s family of names
Robertha has a related form in Roberta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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