Robin

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English

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Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Robin (plural Robins)

  1. A unisex given name
    1. A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages.
      • 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , 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 England
      • 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.
      • 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.
    2. A female given name from the Germanic languages, 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.
  2. (rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

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Noun

Robin (plural Robins)

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

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Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Robin m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

Declension

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Proper noun

Robin

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ro‧bin
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Proper noun

Robin

  1. a unisex given name, equivalent to English Robin

Estonian

Etymology

Recently borrowed from English.

Proper noun

Robin

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

Finnish

Etymology

From English Robin.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Robin

  1. a male given name

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.
Possessive forms of Robin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Robinini Robinini
accusative nom. Robinini Robinini
gen. Robinini
genitive Robinini Robinieni
partitive Robiniani Robinejani
inessive Robinissani Robineissani
elative Robinistani Robineistani
illative Robiniini Robineihini
adessive Robinillani Robineillani
ablative Robiniltani Robineiltani
allative Robinilleni Robineilleni
essive Robininani Robineinani
translative Robinikseni Robineikseni
abessive Robinittani Robineittani
instructive
comitative Robineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Robinisi Robinisi
accusative nom. Robinisi Robinisi
gen. Robinisi
genitive Robinisi Robiniesi
partitive Robiniasi Robinejasi
inessive Robinissasi Robineissasi
elative Robinistasi Robineistasi
illative Robiniisi Robineihisi
adessive Robinillasi Robineillasi
ablative Robiniltasi Robineiltasi
allative Robinillesi Robineillesi
essive Robininasi Robineinasi
translative Robiniksesi Robineiksesi
abessive Robinittasi Robineittasi
instructive
comitative Robineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Robinimme Robinimme
accusative nom. Robinimme Robinimme
gen. Robinimme
genitive Robinimme Robiniemme
partitive Robiniamme Robinejamme
inessive Robinissamme Robineissamme
elative Robinistamme Robineistamme
illative Robiniimme Robineihimme
adessive Robinillamme Robineillamme
ablative Robiniltamme Robineiltamme
allative Robinillemme Robineillemme
essive Robininamme Robineinamme
translative Robiniksemme Robineiksemme
abessive Robinittamme Robineittamme
instructive
comitative Robineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Robininne Robininne
accusative nom. Robininne Robininne
gen. Robininne
genitive Robininne Robinienne
partitive Robinianne Robinejanne
inessive Robinissanne Robineissanne
elative Robinistanne Robineistanne
illative Robiniinne Robineihinne
adessive Robinillanne Robineillanne
ablative Robiniltanne Robineiltanne
allative Robinillenne Robineillenne
essive Robininanne Robineinanne
translative Robiniksenne Robineiksenne
abessive Robinittanne Robineittanne
instructive
comitative Robineinenne

Statistics

  • Robin is the 209th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,680 male individuals (and as a middle name to 471 more), and also belongs to 15 female individuals (and as a middle name to 18 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French diminutive of Robert.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Robin m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robin
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Robin

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French, diminutive of Robert.

Proper noun

Robin

  1. a male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages, equivalent to English 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)

Descendants

  • English: Robin
  • Yola: Rubbeen

References

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Robin.

Proper noun

Robin

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

Swedish

Etymology

From English Robin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1880.

Proper noun

Robin c (genitive Robins)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Robin
  2. a female given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 27 631 males with the given name Robin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.