a masculine name: dim. Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, Robby; var. Robin, Rupert; fem. Roberta, Robin
Origin:
OFr < OHG Hruodperht < hruod-, fame, praise < IE base *kar-, to praise, boast + perht, bright
died 1035; duke of Normandy (1028?-35): father of William the Conqueror
See Robert in American Heritage Dictionary 4
, Henry Martyn 1837-1923.
American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876).