Baby names info for ROBERT:

• Gender: boy
• Syllables: 2
• Characters: 6
• Pronunciation: ROB-ert

Origin and Meaning:

• English meaning of the name ROBERT for a boy:
  • famed, bright, shining

• French meaning of the name ROBERT for a boy:
  • famed, bright, shining

• German meaning of the name ROBERT for a boy:
  • famed, bright, shining

• Scottish meaning of the name ROBERT for a boy:
  • famed, bright, shining

Baby Names Popularity:

• ROBERT is the 55^th most popular boy's name in the United States.

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Nicknames:

• BOB, BOBBY, ROB, ROBBY, BOBBIE, ROBBIE

ROBERT appears in the following lists of names:

• United States Supreme Court Justices
• Signers of the Declaration of Independence
• Pulitzer Prize-winning authors (fiction)
• National Spelling Bee winners
• Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
• Famous Classical Music composers
• Pro Football Hall-of-Famers
• Basketball Hall of Famers
• Members of the Blues Hall of Fame
• United States Attorney Generals
• Survivor Contestants
• Time Magazine's 100 most influential people
• National Aviation Hall of Fame enshrinees
• Kings of France
• United States Secretaries of State
• Marlon Brando roles
• Speakers of the House of Representatives (U.S.)
• Tom Hanks roles
• Prime Ministers of Canada
• Kevin Costner roles
• 100 Greatest Blues Guitarists
• International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees
• World Golf Hall of Fame members
• Jack Nicholson roles
• Robin Williams roles
• John Goodman roles