Meaning of the nameRobson

Robson is a male name taken from the English surname Robson, formed from Rob, a short form of Robert, with the patronymic suffix -son.

Meaning

“'son of Rob', short form of Robert, a Germanic name meaning 'bright fame'”

Source: Behind the Name: Robson · Wiktionary: -son · Behind the Name: Rob · Behind the Name: Robert

People (2022): 222,634
Rank in Brazil: #144
Median age: 36 years
2010 Census: 236,282; people

Robson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Robson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (77,406 people).

809 women 221,825 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 Robson is most common

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

Rio de Janeiro 0.164%
Bahia 0.141%
Espírito Santo 0.136%
Sergipe 0.122%
São Paulo 0.121%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	53,723	0.121%
Rio de Janeiro	26,297	0.164%
Minas Gerais	22,992	0.112%
Bahia	19,978	0.141%
Paraná	12,070	0.106%
Pernambuco	10,784	0.119%
Rio Grande do Sul	9,680	0.089%
Santa Catarina	8,878	0.117%
Pará	7,929	0.098%
Goiás	6,086	0.086%
Espírito Santo	5,209	0.136%
Ceará	4,960	0.056%
Maranhão	4,259	0.063%
Mato Grosso	3,848	0.105%
Amazonas	3,612	0.092%
Paraíba	3,176	0.080%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,819	0.102%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,737	0.083%
Sergipe	2,697	0.122%
Distrito Federal	2,694	0.096%
Alagoas	2,376	0.076%
Rondônia	1,777	0.112%
Piauí	1,226	0.038%
Tocantins	1,136	0.075%
Amapá	771	0.105%
Roraima	472	0.074%
Acre	448	0.054%

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

About the name Robson

Behind the Name describes Robson as a name coming from the English surname Robson, a patronymic form of Rob, and Wiktionary analyzes it as Rob + -son, a suffix that forms patronymic surnames. Rob is a short form of Robert, which Behind the Name traces to the Germanic Hrodebert, 'bright fame', from the elements hruod, 'fame', and beraht, 'bright'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 222,634 people named Robson, with a median age of 36. The name is almost always male, peaked among people born in the 1980s and, proportionally, is most common in Rio de Janeiro. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Rhobson and Robsom among the spelling variants.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Robson

What does the name Robson mean?

Robson means “'son of Rob', short form of Robert, a Germanic name meaning 'bright fame'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Robson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 222,634 people with the first name Robson, which ranks it number 144 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Robson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 809 women and 221,825 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Robson?

Robson is a name of English and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Robson most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.164% of the state's population is named Robson (26,297 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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