Roberta

  • [ rə-BUR-tə (English), ro-BER-tah (Italian, Spanish) ]
  • English, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ROBERT.

ROBERT   male   English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Hrodebert meaning "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to Britain, where it replaced the Old English cognate Hreodbeorht. It has been a very common English name since that time.

The name has been borne by two early kings of France, two Dukes of Normandy, and three kings of Scotland, including Robert the Bruce who restored the independence of Scotland from England in the 14th century. The author Robert Browning (1812-1889) and poets Robert Burns (1759-1796) and Robert Frost (1874-1963) are famous literary bearers of this name. Other bearers include Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), the commander of the Confederate army during the American Civil War, and American actors Robert Redford (1936-), Robert De Niro (1943-) and Robert Downey Jr. (1965-).
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Roberta
ITALIAN: Roberta
SPANISH: Roberta, Ruperta
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Brechtje
ENGLISH: Bobbi, Bobbie, Robbie, Robena, Robina, Robyn, Robynne
ITALIAN: Robertina
SPANISH: Robertina
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Hrodebert, Hrodpreht, Robert
BRETON: Roparzh
CROATIAN: Robert
CZECH: Robert
DANISH: Robert
DUTCH: Bob, Brecht, Rob, Robbe, Robert, Robin, Robrecht, Rupert
ENGLISH: Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, Robby, Robert, Robin, Rupert
FINNISH: Pertti, Roope, Roopertti
FRENCH: Robert
GERMAN: Robert, Rupert, Ruprecht
HUNGARIAN: Róbert, Robi
ICELANDIC: Róbert
IRISH: Roibeárd
ITALIAN: Berto, Roberto
LATVIAN: Roberts
LITHUANIAN: Robertas
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Hob, Hopkin
NORWEGIAN: Robert
POLISH: Robert, Rupert
PORTUGUESE: Roberto
ROMANIAN: Robert
RUSSIAN: Robert
SCOTTISH: Rab, Rabbie, Raibeart
SLOVAK: Robert
SLOVENE: Robert
SPANISH: Berto, Roberto, Ruperto
SWEDISH: Robert, Robin
WELSH: Hopcyn