Given name & surname
Roberto
“one who is bright with fame”
Roberto is a variant of Robert. One German interpretation is “one who is bright with fame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Roberto is a variant of Robert. One German interpretation is “one who is bright with fame.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Roberto is a variant of Robert. Robert has been associated with Germanic and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Roberto developed from ROBERTUS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Roberto is a variant of 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
Roberto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 113,477
- 112,643 boys · 834 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 2,132 babies
- 2025
- 519
- #570 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 519 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 570 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,117 in 1991. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (148). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172,377 as a first name in 2020; 3,535 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.
Roberto’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Roberto has a diminutive in ROBER. Roberto shares a linguistic root with Robert. In Italian usage, Roberto has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bert.
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Around the world
Roberto has relatives in 34 languages.
29 related names in 34 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Robertvariant · Albanian, Polish
- Betodiminutive · Spanish, Portuguese
- Roberdiminutive · Spanish
- Bertodiminutive · ceb
- Rubertovariant · Italian
- Roberttolikely variant
- Robbertolikely variant
- Betongdiminutive · Tagalog
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Robertafeminine form · Italian
- Roberthequivalent
- Robequivalent
- Bobequivalent
- BertEnglish
- LopakaHawaiian
- RobertsLatvian
- Röpkeequivalent
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People named Roberto
- Roberto BaggioItalian association football player (born 1967)
- Roberto BenigniItalian actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director (born 1952)
- Roberto CarlosBrazilian footballerborn 1973
- Roberto FirminoBrazilian association football playerborn 1991
- Roberto RosselliniItalian film director (1906–1977)
- Roberto ManciniItalian association football player and managerborn 1964
- RivellinoBrazilian association football player and managerborn 1946
- Robert BellarmineCatholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church1542–1621
- Roberto MartínezSpanish association football coachborn 1973
Characters named Roberto: Rastapopoulos (Tintin comics).
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