Robin (name)
Robin is originally a diminutive masculine given name or nickname of Robert, derived from the prefix Ro- , and the suffix -in. The name Robin is a masculine given name, feminine given name, and a surname. In Europe, although it is sometimes regarded as a feminine name, it is generally given to boys. In 2014, 88% of babies named Robin in England were boys. In United States, it used to be more popular as a feminine name—during the 1990s, for example, it was the 325th most popular name for girls and the 693rd most popular name for boys. However the gap has been narrowing and recently the number of baby boys and baby girls named Robin in United States has been roughly similar. In 2014 46% of babies named Robin in United States were boys, which is about three times that figure in 1990.
There are several common variations, including Robyn, Robbin, Robine, Robyne, Robynne, and Robbyn. Robin has its origin in France and is also a very common surname in France.
Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English-speaking countries. Common nicknames are Rob, Robbie or Bobby. Robin may refer to:
Given name
- Robin Aitken, British journalist
- Robin Antin, American-born music video director, best known for being the creator for the hip-hop/R&B group Pussycat Dolls
- Robin Bengtsson, Swedish singer
- Robin Blaze, English countertenor
- Robin Boyd, Australian architect
- Robin Brockway, British actor
- Robin Chase, co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar
- DJ Robin Clark,, German hardstyle DJ and record producer
- Robin Coleman, American actress and strongwoman
- Robin G. Collingwood, English philosopher, historian and archaeologist
- Robin Cook, British Member of Parliament, used the name instead of his given name Robert
- Robin Cook , American doctor and novelist
- Robin Cousins, British Olympic gold medal figure skater
- Robin Curtis,, American actress
- Sir Robin Day, British political commentator and journalist
- Robin Darwall-Smith, British archivist
- Robin Dutt, German football manager
- Robin Fernando, Sri Lankan actor
- Robin Finck, guitarist for Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses
- Robin Gibb, member of the pop group trio, the Bee Gees
- Robin Givens, American actress
- Robin Goad, American weightlifter
- Robin Hartshorne, American mathematician
- Robin Hobb, American fantasy author
- Robin Hunter, British actor
- Robin Ince, British comedian
- Robin Korving, Dutch hurdler
- Robin Laws, Canadian violinist
- Robin Leach, host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
- Robin Lodders, German basketball player
- Robin Martin-Jenkins, English cricketer
- Robin Meade, lead news anchor for HLN's morning show Morning Express with Robin Meade
- Robin Miller , an American chef, host of Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller
- Robin Moulder, bassist for the bands TCR and Jack Off Jill
- Robin Moore, American writer
- Robin Nievera, Filipino singer-songwriter
- Robin Peace, New Zealander social scientist
- Robin Pecknold, American singer, songwriter and guitarist, lead vocalist for Fleet Foxes
- Robin Quivers, American radio personality, co-host of The Howard Stern Show
- Robin Roberts , American baseball player
- Robin Roberts , American newscaster
- Robin S., American dance vocalist
- Robin Schulz, German DJ, Record producer and remixer
- Robin Singh, various people
- Robin Smith, British comic book artist
- Robin Smith , South African-born English international
- Robin Smith , American correspondence chess champion
- Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player
- Robin Stevens, English puppeteer, actor, television director, and writer
- Robin Tait, New Zealand discus thrower
- Robin Lord Taylor, American actor
- Robin Thicke, Canadian-American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
- Robin L. Titus, Republican member of the Nevada Assembly.
- Robin Trower, guitarist for his own eponymous band and Procol Harum
- Robin Tunney, Irish-American actress
- Robin Uthappa, Indian cricketer
- Robin van Persie, Dutch football player
- Robin Ventura, American baseball player and manager
- Robin Waterfield, British classical scholar
- Robin Williams,, Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian
- Robin Windsor,, professional dancer
- Robin Wright, American actress
- Robin Yalçın, German footballer of Turkish descent
- Robin Yount, baseball player
- Robin Zander, lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Cheap Trick
- Robin,, full name Robin Packalen, Finnish singer
- Rockin' Robin , American WWF performer
Fictional characters
- Robin Hood, legendary English outlaw
- Robin, Batman's sidekick from DC comics
- Robin Goodfellow, common pseudonym of Puck
- Robin the Frog, Muppet nephew of Kermit the Frog
- Robin Vote, main character in Djuna Barnes‘s infamous novel Nightwood
- Robin Scherbatsky, in the television show How I Met Your Mother
- Robin Scorpio-Drake, HIV positive doctor on the television soap opera General Hospital
- Robin Sena, main character in the anime Witch Hunter Robin
- Robin Oakapple, main character in the opera Ruddigore by Gilbert & Sullivan
- Robin, a character from Mona the Vampire
- Robin Ellacott, one of the protagonists from the Cormoran Strike series of books.
- Robin Branagh, a character from Young Dracula
- Robin, default name of main character from the videogame Fire Emblem Awakening
- Robyn Miller, a character from Casualty
- Robin Griffin, main character from the series Top of the Lake, by Jane Campion
- Nico Robin, member of the strawhat crew in the anime, One Piece
- Robin, local carpenter and mother of Sebastian and Maru in the video game Stardew Valley
- Robin Buckley, character from the Netflix original series Stranger Things who first appears in the third season
- Robin, caveman character from the BBC series Ghosts
- Robin Newman, a law student in the video game
- Robin Cross, a freshman athlete from the book series All For the Game by Nora Sakavic
Pseudonyms
- Robin, a pen-name of Sir Robert Walpole
Surname
- Charles Robin, businessman from the Isle of Jersey
- Charles-Philippe Robin, French anatomist and biologist
- Dany Robin, French actress
- Emily Robin, British bordello owner
- Gabriela Robin, singer and lyricist
- Guillaume Robin, 15th-century French architect
- James Robin, South Australian businessman
- Jean Robin , French writer specializing in occult
- Jean-Cyril Robin, French former professional road racing cyclist
- Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter
- Mado Robin, French coloratura singer
- Marie-Monique Robin, French journalist
- Marthe Robin, French Roman Catholic mystic
- Martial Robin, French football player
- Régine Robin, novelist, writer, translator and professor of sociology
- Ron Robin, Israeli historian and President of the University of Haifa
- Teddy Robin, Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, and director
- Victor Gustave Robin, French mathematician
Fictional characters
- Christopher Robin, young boy in A. A. Milne's work, most notably his Winnie-the-Pooh books
- Fanny Robin, in Thomas Hardy's novel Far from the Madding Crowd