Robin (name)
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Robin was originally a diminutive given name
of Robert
, derived from the prefix Rob- (hrod, Old Germanic, meaning "fame"), and the suffix -in (Old French
diminutive). More recently, it is used as an independent name. The name Robin is uncommon (but not unique) in being a masculine given name, feminine given name, and a surname. In Europe
, it is generally regarded as a male name, although it is sometimes given to females. In North America
, it is more popular as a female name - during the 1990s, for example, it was the 325th most popular girl's name and the 693rd most popular boy's name. There are several common variations, including Robyn, Robbin, Robine, Robyne, Robynne, and Robbyn.http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names1990s.html Robine is a female
version of the name Robin. In some cultures Robyn is strictly female. It has its origin in France
and is also a very common surname in France.
Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English language
-speaking countries. Common nicknames are Rob, Robbie or Bobby. Robin may refer to:
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of Robert
Robert
The name Robert is a Germanic given name, from hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". It is also in use as a surname.After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form had existed before the Norman Conquest...
, derived from the prefix Rob- (hrod, Old Germanic, meaning "fame"), and the suffix -in (Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
diminutive). More recently, it is used as an independent name. The name Robin is uncommon (but not unique) in being a masculine given name, feminine given name, and a surname. In Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, it is generally regarded as a male name, although it is sometimes given to females. In North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, it is more popular as a female name - during the 1990s, for example, it was the 325th most popular girl's name and the 693rd most popular boy's name. There are several common variations, including Robyn, Robbin, Robine, Robyne, Robynne, and Robbyn.http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names1990s.html Robine is a female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
version of the name Robin. In some cultures Robyn is strictly female. It has its origin in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and is also a very common surname in France.
Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-speaking countries. Common nicknames are Rob, Robbie or Bobby. Robin may refer to:
Given name
- Robin AntinRobin AntinRobin Antin is an American dancer, choreographer, music video director, actress, showgirl, clothing designer and entrepreneur. In 1995 in Los Angeles Antin, Christina Applegate and Carla Kama founded the modern burlesque troupe The Pussycat Dolls...
(born 1961), American-born music video director, best known for being the creator for the hip-hop/R&B group Pussycat Dolls - Robin BlazeRobin Blaze- Childhood and education :The son of a professional golfer Peter, Robin Blaze grew up in Shadwell, near Leeds and was educated at Leeds Grammar School, Uppingham School, and Magdalen College, Oxford....
(born 1971), English countertenor - Robin BoydRobin BoydRobin Gerard Penleigh Boyd CBE was an influential Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator...
(1919-1971), Australian architect - Robin BrockwayRobin BrockwayRobin Brockway is a British actor.- Career :Television appearances include The Bill for ITV, Holby City for the BBC and Dispatches for Channel 4....
, (born 1981) British actor - DJ Robin ClarkDJ Robin ClarkRobin Clark is a German hardstyle-DJ, remixer and producer. He is contracted at Sam Punks label Steel Records and is also known under the aliases Coakz, Bazzface, John Tox and RC Project.-Life and career:Hartmann, already started playing keyboard and drums in his childhood...
, (born 1982), German hardstyle DJ and record producer - Robin CookRobin CookRobert Finlayson Cook was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Livingston from 1983 until his death, and notably served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001....
(1946–2005), British Member of Parliament - Robin Cook (American novelist) (born 1940), American doctor and novelist
- Robin CousinsRobin CousinsRobert "Robin" Cousins is a British retired competitive figure skater. He is the 1980 Olympic Champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time World medalist and four-time British national champion. He later starred in ice shows and also produced his own...
(born 1957), British Olympic gold medal figure skater - Robin CurtisRobin CurtisRobin Curtis is an American actress, most notable for playing Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in the Star Trek films.-Film & television work:...
, (born 1956), American actress - Sir Robin DayRobin DaySir Robin Day, OBE was a British political broadcaster and commentator. His obituary in the Guardian stated that "he was the most outstanding television journalist of his generation...
(1923-2000), British political commentator and journalist - Robyn Rihanna Fenty, often known as RihannaRihannaRobyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
(born 1988), Barbadian pop singer - Robin FinckRobin FinckRobin Finck is an American guitarist of Nine Inch Nails and former lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses. He is one of only a few artists who has played in two different bands listed on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"; Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses .-Career:Finck grew up in Marietta,...
(born 1971), guitarist for Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses - Robin GibbRobin GibbRobin Hugh Gibb, CBE is a British singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice , and elder brother Barry....
(born 1949), member of the pop group trio, the Bee Gees - Robin GivensRobin GivensRobin Simone Givens is an American model and film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her role as Darlene Merriman on the television series Head of the Class.-Early life:...
(born 1964), American actress - Robin GoadRobin GoadRobin Elizabeth Goad , also known as Robin Byrd-Goad, is a retired female Olympic weightlifter from the United States, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships...
(born 1970), American weightlifter - Robyn HitchcockRobyn HitchcockRobyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....
(born 1953), British singer-songwriter and artist - Robin HunterRobin HunterRobin Ian Hunter was an English actor, who was also a skilled and versatile performer and writer in the field of musicals, music hall and comedy.-Life and career:...
(1929–2004), British actor - Robin InceRobin InceRobin Ince is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for presenting the BBC radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage .-Stand-up comedy:...
(born 1969), British comedian - Robin KorvingRobin KorvingRobin Korving is a former hurdler from the Netherlands, best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He was Holland's leading hurdler in the 1990s, winning eight national titles in a row...
(born 1974), Dutch hurdler - Robin LeachRobin LeachRobin Douglas Leach is an English celebrity writer famous for hosting his first show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, in the mid-1980s and into the mid-1990s, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic endeavors...
(born 1941), host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - Robin Martin-JenkinsRobin Martin-JenkinsRobin Simon Christopher Martin-Jenkins is an English cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Sussex CCC and British Universities. He is six feet 5 inches tall. He is the son of Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the cricket writer and commentator...
(born 1975), English cricketer - Robin Miller (chef)Robin Miller (chef)Robin Vitetta-Miller is the host of the Food Network cooking show Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller. As a nutritionist and food writer, her work has appeared in multiple magazines and publications.-Publication work:...
(born 1966), an American chef, host of Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller - Robin MoulderRobin MoulderRobin Moulder is an American musician, best known as being one of the founders of the goth-girl group Jack Off Jill and her subsequent project, TCR. She is a bassist, pianist, and programmer.-History:...
(born 1966), bassist for the bands TCR and Jack Off Jill - Robin QuiversRobin QuiversRobin Ophelia Quivers is an American radio personality, most notable for being the long-running news anchor and co-host of The Howard Stern Show. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Quivers graduated from the University of Maryland with a major in nursing. In 1975, she joined the United States Air Force...
(born 1952), American radio personality, co-host of The Howard Stern Show - Robin Roberts (baseball) (1926–2010), American baseball player
- Robin Roberts (newscaster)Robin Roberts (newscaster)Robin René Roberts is an American television broadcaster. Roberts is the co-anchor of ABC's morning show Good Morning America-Early life:...
(born 1960), American newscaster - Robin S.Robin S.Robin S. is an American singer-songwriter, who scored success in the 1990s with such hit singles as "Show Me Love" and "Luv 4 Luv". She has had three number ones on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.-Career:Robin S...
(born 1962), American dance vocalist - Robin Smith (comics)Robin Smith (comics)Robin Smith is a British artist best known for his work on Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog for 2000AD and The Bogie Man for Fat Man Press.A 2-part interview with Smith appears in the Judge Dredd Megazine, issues 225-226, alongside a new Bogie Man adventure....
, British comic book artist - Robin Smith (cricketer)Robin Smith (cricketer)Robin Arnold Smith is a former cricketer for Hampshire and England.Smith was nicknamed Judge or Judgie for his resemblance to a judge when he grew his hair long...
(born 1963), South African-born England international - Robin Smith (psychologist)Robin Smith (psychologist)Robin Smith is a psychologist, author, seminary professor and frequent contributor to Oprah Winfrey's media. She has a Ph.D...
, American seminarian and author - Robin Smith (chess player)Robin Smith (chess player)Robin Smith was an American chess Grandmaster of correspondence chess, a two-time U.S. US Correspondence Chess Champion, and an author of a chess book.- Books:...
(1952-2009), American Correspondence Chess Champion - Robin SöderlingRobin SöderlingRobin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...
(born 1984), Swedish tennis player - Robin TaitRobin TaitRobin Douglas Tait was a discus thrower, who represented New Zealand at two Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972....
(1940–1984), New Zealand discus thrower - Robin ThickeRobin ThickeRobin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...
(born 1975), American R&B songwriter and artist - Robin TrowerRobin TrowerRobin Leonard Trower , known professionally as Robin Trower, is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio.-Biography:...
(born 1945), guitarist for his own eponymous band and Procol Harum - Robin UthappaRobin UthappaRobin Venu Uthappa is an Indian cricketer. His father is Venu Uthappa, an international hockey referee from Kodagu, Karnataka, mother Roselyn is a home maker and hails from Kozhikode, Kerala and his sister Sharon is a business owner. He studied at St. Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore...
(born 1985), Indian cricketer - Robin van PersieRobin van PersieRobin van Persie is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal and the Dutch national team. He is a youth product of Feyenoord. Having joined Arsenal in 2004, Van Persie became the club captain on 16 August 2011...
(born 1983), Dutch football player - Robin VenturaRobin VenturaRobin Mark Ventura is the current manager of the Chicago White Sox. He is a former professional baseball player, a third baseman who played for four major league teams, most notably for the Chicago White Sox...
(born 1967), baseball player - Robin WilliamsRobin WilliamsRobin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
, (born 1951), Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian - Robin Wright Penn, (born 1966) American actress
- Robin YountRobin YountRobin R. Yount is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder. He spent his entire 20-year baseball career with the Milwaukee Brewers . In 1999, Yount was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.-Early years:Yount was born in Danville, Illinois...
(born 1955), Baseball player - RobynRobynRobin Miriam Carlsson , better known by her stage name Robyn, is a Swedish recording artist, singer, and songwriter. Robyn became known in the late nineties for her worldwide dance-pop hit "Do You Know " from her debut album Robyn Is Here . She co-wrote the song "Du gör mig hel igen" for...
(born 1979, Robin Miriam Carlsson), Swedish pop singer and songwriter - Robin TunneyRobin TunneyRobin Jessica Tunney is an American actress. She is best known for her lead roles in the movie The Craft and the television series Prison Break and The Mentalist.-Early life:...
(born 1972), Irish-American actress0 - Rockin' Robin (wrestler) (born Robin Smith, 1965), American WWF performer
Fictional characters
- Robin Goodfellow, common pseudonym of Puck (mythology)Puck (mythology)In English folklore, Puck is a mythological fairy or mischievous nature sprite. Puck is also a generalised personification of land spirits. In more recent times, the figure of Robin Goodfellow is identified as a puck.-Etymology:...
- Robin, Muppet nephew of Kermit the FrogKermit the FrogKermit the Frog is puppeteer Jim Henson's most famous Muppet creation, first introduced in 1955. He is the protagonist of many Muppet projects, most notably as the host of The Muppet Show, and has appeared in various sketches on Sesame Street, in commercials and in public service announcements over...
- Robin Scherbatsky, a character in the television show How I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
- Robin Scorpio-Drake, HIV positive doctor on the television soap opera General Hospital
- Robin Sena, main character in the anime Witch Hunter RobinWitch Hunter Robinis a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise. It follows the STN-J, the Japanese branch of a secret global organization called "SOLOMON" or the "Solomon Toukatsu Nin'idantai" , abbreviated as "STN"....
- Nico Robin, fictional archaeologist in the anime One PieceOne Pieceis a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
- Robin HoodRobin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
, fictional heroic English outlaw - RobinRobin (comics)Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman...
, Batman's sidekick from DC comics - Robin Oakapple, main character in the opera RuddigoreRuddigoreRuddigore; or, The Witch's Curse, originally called Ruddygore, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas and the tenth of fourteen comic operas written together by Gilbert and Sullivan...
by Gilbert & Sullivan
Surname
- Charles RobinCharles RobinCharles Robin was an entrepreneur from the Isle of Jersey.He was born in Saint Brélade, Jersey in 1743. By 1763, he was the captain of a ship working in the Newfoundland cod trade. In 1765, with his two brothers and two others, they formed a firm which developed fishing grounds off Cape Breton...
, businessman from the Isle of Jersey - Charles-Philippe RobinCharles-Philippe RobinCharles-Philippe Robin was a French anatomist, biologist, and histologist who was born in Jasseron, département Ain....
(1821–1885), French anatomist and biologist - Dany RobinDany RobinDany Robin was a French actress of the 1950s and the early 1960s who was married to fellow actor Georges Marchal.She performed with Peter Sellers in The Waltz of the Toreadors and co-starred opposite Kirk Douglas in the 1953 romantic drama Act of Love.Robin co-starred with Connie Francis, Paula...
(1927–1995), French actress - Emily RobinEmily RobinEmily Robin , also known as Lady Emily Robin or Madam Robin, was an infamous British bordello owner in the beginning of the 20th century.In 1898 she started a brothel in Hull, England, called “Gamine”...
(1874–1929), British bordello owner - Gabriela RobinGabriela RobinGabriela Robin is a singer and lyricist, credited for lyrics and vocals on many songs composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno.She has long been rumored to be Kanno's pseudonym. Robin stated in a print interview that she was going to sing in front of an audience for the first time at Kanno's...
, singer and lyricist - Jean-Cyril RobinJean-Cyril RobinJean-Cyril Robin is a French former professional road racing cyclist.-Palmarès:1992...
(born 1969), French former professional road racing cyclist - Leo RobinLeo RobinLeo Robin was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938.-Biography:Robin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and...
(1900–1984), American composer, lyricist and songwriter - Mado RobinMado RobinMadeleine Marie Robin, known as Mado Robin , was a French coloratura soprano.She was born in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, Touraine, where she owned the Château Les Vallées. A star of television and radio in the 1950s, she was well known in France...
(1918–1960), French coloratura singer - Marie-Monique RobinMarie-Monique RobinMarie-Monique Robin is an award-winning French journalist. She received the Albert Londres Prize in 1995 for Voleurs d'yeux, an expose about organ theft...
(born 1960), French journalist - Marthe RobinMarthe RobinMarthe Robin was a French Roman Catholic mystic and reported stigmatist. She became bedridden when she was 21 years old, and remained so until her death. According to EWTN she reportedly ate nothing for many years except receiving Holy Eucharist.In 1928, she entered the Franciscan Third order...
(1902–1981), French Roman Catholic mystic - Martial RobinMartial RobinMartial Robin is a French football player. He currently plays for FC Istres.He won Ligue 2 with Ajaccio and was a UEFA Cup runner-up with Marseille.-External links:...
(born 1977), French football player - Régine RobinRégine RobinRégine Robin is a historian, novelist, translator and professor of sociology. Her prolific fiction and non-fiction, primarily on the themes of identity and culture and on the sociological practice of literature, have earned a number of awards, including the Governor-General's Award in 1986...
(born 1939), novelist, writer, translator and professor of sociology - Teddy Robin (born 1945), Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, and director
- Victor Gustave RobinVictor Gustave RobinVictor Gustave Robin was a French mathematical analyst and applied mathematicianwho lectured in mathematical physics at the Sorbonne in Paris and also worked in the area of thermodynamics.. He is known especially for the Robin boundary condition....
(1855–1897), French mathematician
Fictional characters
- Christopher RobinChristopher RobinChristopher Robin is a character created by A. A. Milne, appearing in his popular books of poetry and stories about Winnie-the-Pooh. He has subsequently appeared in Disney cartoons....
, young boy in A. A. Milne's work, most notably his Winnie-the-Pooh books - Fanny Robin, character in Thomas Hardy's novel Far from the Madding CrowdFar from the Madding CrowdFar from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership. Critical notices were plentiful and mostly positive...
See also
- Robin (disambiguation)
- Robene and MakyneRobene and Makyne"Robene and Makyne" is a short poem by the 15th-century Scottish makar Robert Henryson. It is an early example of Scottish pastourelle written in a form of ballad stanza and is almost unique of its kind. Very simple in structure and plot, yet highly compressed, multi-layered and open in possible...
, genre names for characters in pastoral