Robin

Bird name; or English, diminutive of Robert
"bright fame"

Robin Origin and Meaning

The name Robin is a boy's name of English origin meaning "bright fame".

Now that it's no longer fashionable for girls, Robin is rising for boys again. Robin Hood, Robin Williams, Christopher Robin, and Robin the Boy Wonder are all male namesakes, after all. It reentered the US Top 1000 boys names in 2015 for the first time since 1999 and continues to bounce around the lower end of the Top 1000.

Robin is one of the unisex names that switched predominant genders a couple of times. Initially a boys' name, it hit its high point for both genders in the 1950s, eventually becoming more popular for girls. Now Robin is used near-equally for both sexes, given to 290 baby girls and 256 baby boys in the US in 2021.

Robin is one of the Top 100 Boy Names in France.

# 783 in the US

Robin Rank in US Top 1000

# 229 on Nameberry

Robin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Robin Popularity

Famous People Named Robin

  • Robin Clark (born Tobias Hartmann)
    German DJ
  • Robin Cousins
    English figure skater
  • Robin McLaurin Williams
    American actor/comedian
  • Robin Alan Thicke
    American singer
  • Robin Lord Taylor
    American actor
  • Robin van Persie
    Dutch footballer
  • Robert John "Robin" Finck
    American guitarist for Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses
  • Robin Leonard Trower
    English musician of band Procol Harum
  • Robin Mark
    Northern Irish Christian singer,songwriter
  • Robin Hugh Gibb
    English musician of band The Bee Gees
  • Robin Noel Pecknold
    American musician of band the Fleet Foxes
  • (John) Robin Warren
    Australian pathologist and Nobel Prize winner
  • Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook
    Scottish politician
  • Robin Packalen
    Finnish pop singer
  • Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd
    Australian architect
  • Robin Dunne
    Canadian actor
  • Robert Brian "Robin" Cook
    American physician and novelist
  • Robin Ian Hunter
    English novelist
  • Robin Ince
    English comedian
  • Robin Evan Roberts
    American baseball player
  • Robin R. Yount
    American baseball player
  • Robin Mark Ventura
    American baseball player and manager
  • Robin Bo Carl Söderling
    Swedish tennis player
  • Robin Schulz
    German DJ
  • Robin Jarvis
    English novelist

Robin in Pop Culture

  • Robin Hood
    English folk hero
  • Christopher Robin
    character in the "Winnie the Pooh" series
  • Robin Goodfellow (aka Puck)
    English folk figure and character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • Robin Hood
    character named after hero in tv series, Once Upon a Time
  • Robin Oakapple
    pseudonym of the main character in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Ruddigore"
  • Robin the Frog
    Muppet nephew of Kermit the Frog
  • Robin
    the sidekick of Batman and leader of the Teen Titans in the DC Comics
  • Robin De Noir
    a character in the movie: The Secret of Moonacre & a character in the book: The Little White Horse
  • (Robin) John Blake
    character in movie "The Dark Knight Rises"
  • Robin Wood
    character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
  • "Robin
    " Swedish animated series and main character
  • Robin
    character in animated series "Mona the Vampire"
  • Robin
    male or female player character in video game Fire Emblem: Awakening