Robin

A male or female given name: derived from Robert.

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Robin is originally a diminutive masculine given name or nickname 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 a masculine given name, feminine given name, and a surname. In Europe, although it is sometimes regarded as a feminine name, it is generally given to boys. In 2014, 88% of babies named Robin in England were boys. In United States, it used to be more popular as a feminine name—during the 1990s, for example, it was the 325th most popular name for girls and the 693rd most popular name for boys. However the gap has been narrowing and recently the number of baby boys and baby girls named Robin in United States has been roughly similar (as visualized in the chart on the right). In 2014 46% of babies named Robin in United States were boys, which is about 3 times that figure in 1990.
There are several common variations, including Robyn, Robbin, Robine, Robyne, Robynne, and Robbyn. Robine is a feminine version of the name Robin. In some cultures Robyn is strictly feminine. 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.

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Masc. proper name, from Old French Robin, diminutive of Robert (q.v.). Robin Goodfellow "sportive elf of the English countryside," is first attested 1530s, popular 16-17c.; Robin Hood is at least from late 14c.

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Medieval diminutive of Robert: bright fame. Combine of hrod (fame) and beraht (bright).

Robben, Robert, Robine, Robyn, Reuben, Bob, Robinson

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Robin Williams	1951	American actor and stand-up comedian
2	Robin Thicke	1977	American musician
3	Robin van Persie	1983	Dutch footballer
4	Robin Gibb	1949	Singer, songwriter and Bee Gees co-founder
5	Robin Tunney	1972	American actress
6	Robin Givens	1964	American stage, television, and film actress
7	Robin Lord Taylor	1978	Actor, director
8	Robin Lopez	1988	American basketball player
9	Robin Atkin Downes	1963	Voice actor
10	Robin Schulz	1987	German DJ
11	Robin Meade	1969	American journalist
12	Robin Quivers	1952	American radio ppresenter
13	Robin Scherbatsky	1980
14	Robin Hobb	1952	American fiction writer (pseudonym)
15	Robin Weigert	1969	American actress
16	Robin Trower	1945	English rock guitarist
17	Robin Sharma	1965	Canadian self help writer
18	Robin Padilla	1969	Filipino actor and director
19	Robin Zander	1953	Singer and guitarist for the rock band Cheap Trick
20	Red Robin		Fictional comic book character
21	Robin Shou	1960	Actor
22	Robin Harris	1960	Comedian, actor
23	Robin Olds	1922	United States Air Force general
24	Christopher Robin		Fictional character created by A. A. Milne
25	Robin Söderling	1984	Swedish former tennis player
26	Robin McLeavy	1981	Australian actress
27	Robin Uthappa	1984	Indian cricketer
28	Robin Sachs	1951	Actor
29	Robin Leach	1941	British journalist
30	Robin Askwith	1950	British actor
31	Robin Ventura	1967	Baseball player and manager from the United States
32	Robin Pecknold	1986	American musician
33	Robin Byrd	1957	American pornographic actress & talk show host
34	Robin Dunne	1976	Canadian actor
35	Robin Li	1968	Billionaire businessman and entrepreneur
36	Robin Ellis	1942	British actor
37	Robin Bartlett	1951	American actress
38	Robin Antin	1961	American choreographer
39	Robin Yount	1955	American baseball player/coach
40	Robin Finck	1971	American musician
41	Robin Bhatt		Indian screenwriter and actor
42	Robin Cook	1940	Novelist, ophthalmologist, aquanaut
43	Robin Robinson	1957	American television anchor
44	Robin Scorpio
45	Robin van Roosmalen	1989	Dutch martial artist
46	Robin Nedwell	1946	British actor
47	Robin Curtis	1956	Actress, real estate broker/agent
48	Robin Driscoll		British actor
49	Robin Duke	1954	Actress, comedy teacher
50	Robin Thomas	1949	American actor
51	Robin Bengtsson	1990	Swedish singer
52	Robin Strasser	1945	American actress
53	Robin Martens	1992	Dutch actor
54	Robin Wright	1948	American journalist
55	Robin Windsor	1979	British dancer
56	Robin Morgan	1941	American feminist writer
57	Robin Swicord	1952	American screenwriter and film director
58	Robin Haase	1987	Dutch tennis player
59	Robin Cavendish
60	Robin Friday	1952	English footballer
61	Robin Black		Canadian singer
62	Robin Janvrin	1946	Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
63	Robin Lynn Macy	1958	American musician
64	Robin Guthrie	1962	Musician and producer
65	Robin Olsen	1990	Danish footballers
66	Robin Lane Fox	1946	Historian, educator, writer, gardener
67	Robin Riker	1952	American actress
68	Robin Knox-Johnston	1939	British yacht racer
69	Robin K Dhowan		Indian admiral
70	Robin Stewart	1946	British actor
71	Robin S.	1962	American musician
72	Robin Lakoff	1942	Professor and author
73	Robin Thede		American comedian
74	Robin Ince	1969	English comedian, actor and writer
75	Robin Cousins	1957	British figure skater
76	Robin Roberts	1926	American baseball player and coach
77	Robin Birley	1958	Businessperson
78	Robin Mattson	1956	American actress
79	Robin Coleman	1973	American actor and figure competitor
80	Robin Young		American radio personality
81	Rockin' Robin	1964	Retired American professional wrestler
82	Robin Weisman	1984	American actresses
83	Robin Weaver		British actress
84	Robin de Jesús	1984	American actor
85	Robin Lehner	1991	Swedish ice hockey player
86	Robin Greer	1960	American actress
87	Robin Kahnmeyer	1975	German voice actor
88	Robin Quaison	1993	Footballer
89	Robin Dunbar	1947	British academic
90	Robin Kelly	1956	American politician
91	Robin McAuley	1953	Irish singer
92	Robin Cormack	1938	Art historian
93	Robin Parkinson	1929	TV actor
94	Robin Reid	1971	Boxer
95	Robin Hannibal		Danish record producer
96	Robin Hardy	1929	British film director and writer
97	Robin Derrick	1960	British photographer
98	Robin Douglas-Home	1932	Scottish aristocrat, jazz pianist and writer
99	Robin Lod	1993	Footballer
100	Robin McKinley	1952	American fantasy writer
101	Robin Boissevain	1996	Dutch actor and director
102	Robin Chase		American businesswoman, transportation entrepreneur, and co-founder of Zipcar
103	Robin de Kruijf	1991	Dutch volleyball player
104	Robin Jackson	1948	Northern Irish loyalist
105	Robin Lee Graham	1949	Sailor
106	Robin Warren	1937	Australian Nobel Laureate
107	Robin Gandy	1919	British mathematician and logician
108	Robin Moore	1925	American writer
109	Robin Scott	1947	British singer
110	Robin Beck	1954	American singer
111	Robin Lee Row	1957	Convicted murderer
112	Robin Smith	1963	South african born, English Test and County cricketer
113	Robin Deiana	1990	Television personality
114	Robin Ghosh	1939	Bangladeshi composer
115	Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford	1940	British peer
116	Robin Ray	1934	English broadcaster, actor, and musician
117	Robin Williamson	1943	Scottish musician
118	Nico Robin		Fictional character from One Piece
119	Robin Camp
120	Robin Banks	1972	Irish DJ
121	Robin	1998	Finnish singer Robin Packalen (b. 1998)
122	Robin Wilson	1943	Mathematician
123	Robin Hanson	1959	American economist
124	Robin Sage		Fictional human
125	Robin Hull	1974	Finnish snooker player
126	Robin Saunders	1962	Businessperson
127	Robin Rand	1957	United States Air Force general
128	Jean-Yves Robin
129	Robin Gracie		Brazilian martial artist
130	Robin Kelley	1962	American historian and feminist
131	Robin Raphel	1947	American diplomat
132	Robin Hunter	1929	British actor
133	Robin Swoboda	1959	American journalist
134	Robin Lundberg	1981
135	Robin Frijns	1991	Dutch auto racing driver
136	Robin Jackman	1945	English Test and County cricketer
137	Robin Milner	1934	British computer scientist
138	Robin Davies	1954	British actor
139	Robin Ficker	1943	American politician
140	Robin Bailey	1919	British actor
141	Jean Robin	1978	French journalist and publisher (born 1978)
142	Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell	1938	British civil servant and life peer
143	Robin of Earth-Two
144	Robin Knoche	1992	German footballer
145	Robin Phillips	1942	English-Canadian film and stage director
146	Marthe Robin	1902	French Roman Catholic mystic
147	Robin Wood	1931	Canadian film critic and educator
148	Robin Le Mesurier	1953	British musician
149	Robin Hughes	1920	American actor
150	Robin Barcus Slonina	1971	American artist
151	Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick	1954	British Baron
152	Robin Szolkowy	1979	German pair skater
153	Robin Krasniqi	1987	German boxer
154	Robin Stjernberg	1991	Swedish pop singer
155	Corey Robin	1967	American academic
156	Robin Clark		Vocalist, Recording Artist, Background Singer, Voice Over Artist, Vocal Arranger, Songwriter, Stage Performer
157	Robin Christopher	1965	American actress
158	Robin Bush	1943	British historian
159	Dany Robin	1927	Actress
160	Robin Green		American television producer
161	Robin Mark	1969	Northern Irish Christian singer & songwriter
162	Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry	1902	Anglo-Irish peer and politician
163	Robin Day	1915	British chartered industrial and furniture designer
164	Robin Peterson	1979	Cricket player of South Africa.
165	Robin the Frog
166	Robin Walker	1978	British politician
167	Robin Dutt	1965	German footballer and manager
168	Robin Simović	1991	Swedish footballer
169	Robin Beanland	1968	British composer
170	Robin Hill	1899	British biochemist
171	Robin Sydney	1984	American actress
172	Robin Bextor	1953	British film director and producer
173	Robin Ticciati	1983	British conductor
174	Teddy Robin	1945	Hong Kong actor and film director
175	Leo Robin	1900	American composer
176	Mado Robin	1918	French coloratura soprano
177	Robin Chalk	1981	British actor
178	Robin Boyd	1919	Australian architect (1919-1971)
179	Robin Wells	1959	American economist
180	Robin Tilbrook	1958	British politician
181	Robin Nahas	1987	Australian rules footballer
182	Robin Carnahan	1961	American businesswoman
183	Robin Swann	1971	Northern Irish politician
184	Robin Alexander	1975	German journalist and author
185	Robin Klein	1936	Australian writer
186	Robin Hunicke	1973	American video game designer and producer
187	Robin Hood		Fictional character, a comic book Outlaw published by DC Comics
188	Robin Wasserman	1978	American writer of speculative fiction for young people
189	Robin Ward	1944	Canadian game show host
190	Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown	1927	British banker and peer
191	Robin Fox	1934	British anthropologist
192	Robin Givhan	1965	American fashion editor
193	Robin Hayes	1945	American politician
194	Robin Ignico	1970	American actress
195	Robin Long		US Army deserter
196	Robin Luke	1942	American rockabilly singer
197	Robin Medforth-Mills	1942	British academic
198	Robin Gurung	1992	Footballer
199	Robin Singh	1970	Indian cricket player.
200	Robin Cole	1955	American football player