Given name & surname
Robina
Robina is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Robina 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 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 649
- 0 boys · 649 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 21 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,196 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Robina
- Robina Gureme RwakoojoUgandan politicianborn 1976
- Robina CourtinAustralian Buddhist nunborn 1944
- Sanyu Robinah MwerukaUgandan journalistborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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