Robin
English
Alternative forms
- Robyn (as a given name)
Etymology
- (masculine given name): From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ROBIN Robin, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#ROBIN, diminutive of Robert.
- (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Germanic languages#ROBIN.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒbɪn/Category:English 2-syllable words#ROBINCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ROBIN
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑbɪn/Category:English 2-syllable words#ROBINCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ROBIN
- Rhymes: -ɒbɪnCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒbɪn#ROBINCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒbɪn/2 syllables#ROBIN
- Hyphenation: Rob‧in
Proper noun
Robin (plural Robins)Category:English lemmas#ROBINCategory:English proper nouns#ROBINCategory:English countable nouns#ROBINCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
- A unisex given nameCategory:English given names#ROBINCategory:English male given names#ROBINCategory:English female given names#ROBINCategory:English unisex given names#ROBIN.
- A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languagesCategory:English given names#ROBINCategory:English male given names#ROBINCategory:English male given names from Romance languages#ROBINCategory:English male given names from Germanic languages#ROBIN.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 186, column 1:
- They ſay hee is already in the Forreſt of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there liue like the old Robin Hood of EnglandCategory:English terms with quotations#ROBIN
- 1785, Robert Burns, Rantin', Rovin' Robin:
- This waly boy will be nae coof: /I think we'll call him Robin./ Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin', rantin', rovin', /Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin' Robin.Category:English terms with quotations#ROBIN
- 1991, Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 12:
- Some names simply aren't appropriate after a while. Say you were called Robin, for instance. Well that's a perfectly good monicker up to the age of about nine, but pretty soon you'd have to do something about it, wouldn't you? Change your name by deed-poll to Samson, or Goliath, or something.Category:English terms with quotations#ROBIN
- A female given name from the Germanic languagesCategory:English given names#ROBINCategory:English female given names#ROBINCategory:English female given names from Germanic languages#ROBIN, also associated with the bird robin.
- 1949, Adela Rogers St. John, Never Again, and Other Stories, Doubleday, page 25:
- "We'll name her Robin," her mother said, and it was as though at her words something of that spring and the bird's song and his gay and friendly and impudent spirit entered into the child.Category:English terms with quotations#ROBIN
- 2019 March 8, Allen Kim, “What you don’t know about the Bush family dynasty”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 September 2022:
- In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there was nothing they could do for her.Category:English terms with quotations#ROBIN
- A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languagesCategory:English given names#ROBINCategory:English male given names#ROBINCategory:English male given names from Romance languages#ROBINCategory:English male given names from Germanic languages#ROBIN.
- (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#ROBIN compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymicCategory:English surnames#ROBINCategory:English surnames from patronymics#ROBIN.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Robin (comic book character) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
Robin (plural Robins)Category:English lemmas#ROBINCategory:English nouns#ROBINCategory:English countable nouns#ROBINCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
Anagrams
Category:English unisex given names#ROBIN Category:en:American fiction#ROBINCategory:en:Fictional characters#ROBINCzech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Robin m animCategory:Czech lemmas#ROBINCategory:Czech proper nouns#ROBINCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Czech masculine nouns#ROBINCategory:Czech animate nouns#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
- a male given name, equivalent to English RobinCategory:Czech given names#ROBINCategory:Czech male given names#ROBIN
Declension
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Danish terms borrowed from English#ROBINCategory:Danish terms derived from English#ROBIN.
Proper noun
RobinCategory:Danish lemmas#ROBINCategory:Danish proper nouns#ROBINCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
- a male given name, equivalent to English RobinCategory:Danish given names#ROBINCategory:Danish male given names#ROBIN
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#ROBINCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#ROBIN.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ro‧bin
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#ROBINAudio: (file)
Proper noun
RobinCategory:Dutch lemmas#ROBINCategory:Dutch proper nouns#ROBINCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
Estonian
Etymology
Recently borrowed from EnglishCategory:Estonian terms borrowed from English#ROBINCategory:Estonian terms derived from English#ROBIN.
Proper noun
RobinCategory:Estonian lemmas#ROBINCategory:Estonian proper nouns#ROBINCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
- a male given name, equivalent to English RobinCategory:Estonian given names#ROBINCategory:Estonian male given names#ROBIN
Finnish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Finnish terms derived from English#ROBIN Robin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrobin/, [ˈro̞bin]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#ROBINCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#ROBIN
- Rhymes: -obinCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/obin#ROBINCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/obin/2 syllables#ROBIN
- Syllabification(key): Ro‧bin
- Hyphenation(key): Ro‧bin
Proper noun
RobinCategory:Finnish lemmas#ROBINCategory:Finnish proper nouns#ROBINCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
Declension
| Inflection of Robin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Robin | Robinit | |
| genitive | Robinin | Robinien | |
| partitive | Robinia | Robineja | |
| illative | Robiniin | Robineihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Robin | Robinit | |
| accusative | nom. | Robin | Robinit |
| gen. | Robinin | ||
| genitive | Robinin | Robinien | |
| partitive | Robinia | Robineja | |
| inessive | Robinissa | Robineissa | |
| elative | Robinista | Robineista | |
| illative | Robiniin | Robineihin | |
| adessive | Robinilla | Robineilla | |
| ablative | Robinilta | Robineilta | |
| allative | Robinille | Robineille | |
| essive | Robinina | Robineina | |
| translative | Robiniksi | Robineiksi | |
| abessive | Robinitta | Robineitta | |
| instructive | — | Robinein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
- Robin is the 206th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,869 male individuals (and as a middle name to 504 more), and also belongs to 24 female individuals (and as a middle name to 22 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#ROBINCategory:French terms derived from Old French#ROBIN diminutive of Robert. By surface analysis, Robert + -inCategory:French terms suffixed with -in#ROBIN.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Robin mCategory:French lemmas#ROBINCategory:French proper nouns#ROBINCategory:French uncountable nouns#ROBINCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:French masculine nouns#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
- a male given name, equivalent to English RobinCategory:French given names#ROBINCategory:French male given names#ROBIN
- a surname originating as a patronymicCategory:French surnames#ROBINCategory:French surnames from patronymics#ROBIN
Derived terms
German
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:German terms borrowed from English#ROBINCategory:German terms derived from English#ROBIN.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
RobinCategory:German lemmas#ROBINCategory:German proper nouns#ROBINCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
- a male given name, equivalent to English RobinCategory:German given names#ROBINCategory:German male given names#ROBIN
Middle English
Etymology
From Old FrenchCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#ROBIN, diminutive of Robert.
Proper noun
RobinCategory:Middle English lemmas#ROBINCategory:Middle English proper nouns#ROBINCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
- a male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages, equivalent to English RobinCategory:Middle English given names#ROBINCategory:Middle English male given names#ROBINCategory:Middle English male given names from Romance languages#ROBINCategory:Middle English male given names from Germanic languages#ROBIN
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:
- Oure Hoste saugh that he was dronke of ale,
And seyde, "Abyd, Robin, my leve brother,
Som bettre man shal telle us first another:
Abyd, and lat us werken thriftily."- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:
Descendants
References
- “Robin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Norwegian terms borrowed from English#ROBINCategory:Norwegian terms derived from English#ROBIN Robin.
Proper noun
RobinCategory:Norwegian lemmas#ROBINCategory:Norwegian proper nouns#ROBINCategory:Norwegian entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
- a male given name, equivalent to English RobinCategory:Norwegian given names#ROBINCategory:Norwegian male given names#ROBIN
Swedish
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from English#ROBINCategory:Swedish terms derived from English#ROBIN Robin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1880.
Proper noun
Robin c (genitive Robins)Category:Swedish lemmas#ROBINCategory:Swedish proper nouns#ROBINCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ROBINCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ROBINCategory:Pages with entries#ROBINCategory:Pages with 11 entries#ROBIN
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistical Central Office; and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 27 631 males with the given name Robin living in Sweden on December 31, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on June 19, 2011.