Given name & surname

Robertus

Robertus is a masculine given name from Frankish. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Robertus comes from Frankish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Frankish *Hrōþiberht.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Robertus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Robertus has a later derivative in Robert. In Latin usage, Robertus has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Roberto. In Latin usage, Robertus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Robert.

Walk Robertus’s family in the name graph

RobertusRodbertusRodebertusRodpertusRobertRobertoBobRobBertRoberthRobertsRobertasRoibertRoopeRaibeartRobrechtRoibeardRobatRóbert羅伯特РобертRöpke

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Robertus has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Frankish roots to each of them.

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7 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

People named Robertus

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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