Meaning of the nameRobert

Robert is a masculine name of Germanic origin, from the old Hrodebert, formed from elements meaning 'fame' and 'bright'; in Portuguese, the traditional form is Roberto.

Meaning

“from hruod, 'fame', and beraht, 'bright'”

Source: Behind the Name: Robert · Wiktionary: Robert

People (2022): 43,282
Rank in Brazil: #625
Median age: 21 years
2010 Census: 38,733; people

Robert in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Robert, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (15,185 people).

262 women 43,020 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Robert is most common

States with the highest share of people named Robert in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.037%
Bahia 0.035%
Sergipe 0.034%
Roraima 0.034%
Minas Gerais 0.030%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	9,795	0.022%
Minas Gerais	6,157	0.030%
Bahia	4,872	0.035%
Rio de Janeiro	3,692	0.023%
Pará	2,133	0.026%
Paraná	1,892	0.017%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,533	0.014%
Maranhão	1,505	0.022%
Amazonas	1,469	0.037%
Santa Catarina	1,132	0.015%
Goiás	1,009	0.014%
Pernambuco	970	0.011%
Espírito Santo	925	0.024%
Ceará	859	0.010%
Sergipe	744	0.034%
Piauí	742	0.023%
Mato Grosso	715	0.020%
Distrito Federal	623	0.022%
Alagoas	580	0.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul	567	0.021%
Rio Grande do Norte	304	0.009%
Paraíba	267	0.007%
Rondônia	248	0.016%
Roraima	213	0.034%
Amapá	167	0.023%
Tocantins	122	0.008%
Acre	47	0.006%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Robert

Behind the Name traces Robert to the Germanic name Hrodebert, from hruod, 'fame', and beraht, 'bright', and gives Roberto as the Portuguese form. According to Wiktionary, the English Robert comes from Anglo-Norman, which took it from Frankish, and the corresponding Proto-Germanic name literally means 'bright glory'. Robert is the form used in English, French, German and other European languages. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 43,282 people named Robert, with a median age of 21. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

It is the most common spelling of the group, without the final O of Roberto.

Other spellings of Robert

Spelling	People (2022)
Robert	43,282
Roberth	3,268

Sources

Behind the Name: Robert · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Robert · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Robert · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Robert

What does the name Robert mean?

Robert means “from hruod, 'fame', and beraht, 'bright'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Robert in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 43,282 people with the first name Robert, which ranks it number 625 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Robert a boy's or a girl's name?

Robert is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 262 women and 43,020 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Robert?

Robert is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Robert most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.037% of the state's population is named Robert (1,469 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Robert?

Roberth. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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