Given name & surname
Robinette
Robinette is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.
Original FrenchRobinet
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Robinette as a surname developed from Robinet.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Robinette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 776
- 0 boys · 776 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 33 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 7 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 561 as a first name in 2020; 8,393 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.
Robinette’s family of names
In English usage, Robinette as a surname developed from the French form Robinet. Robinette has a related form in Robin. In English usage, Robinette as a surname has a related form in Robinett.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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