Dictionary

Robin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɒbɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɹɑbɪn/ (US)

Etymology

* (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. * (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.

Meanings

1. Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.

Forms

Robin en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɒbɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɹɑbɪn/ (US)

Etymology

* (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. * (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.

Meanings

1. A unisex given name. ▸ A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages.
   • 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. 1785, Robert Burns, Rantin', Rovin' Robin:
   • 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 England 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:
   • 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. 1991, Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 12:
2. A unisex given name. ▸ A female given name from the Germanic languages, also associated with the bird robin.
   • 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. 2019 March 8, Allen Kim, “What you don’t know about the Bush family dynasty”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2022:
   • "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. 1949, Adela Rogers St. John, Never Again, and Other Stories, Doubleday, page 25:
3. (qualifier:rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

Forms

Deriveds

Robinson · Robinocracy · Pierre Robin sequence · Robbens · Robin boundary condition · Robin Hill · Robison · Robin Hood

Translations (12)

bg Ро́бин (Male given name) · ja ロビン (Male given name) · ko 로빈 (Male given name) · cmn 罗宾 (Male given name) · de Robin (Male given name) · ru Ро́бин (Male given name) · hi रॉबिन (Male given name) · fr Robin (Male given name) · ar رُوْبِن (Male given name) · nl Robin (Male given name) · hi रोबिन (Male given name) · mr रॉबिन (Male given name)