Rigobert

Rigobert is a male given name, which also occurs as a surname.

variants

The Rigoberto form is mainly used in Latin countries . The feminine form is Rigoberta .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from the Germanic language area; its two components rigo from -rik / -rich = rich, strong, and - bert from berhta = shining, radiant, shining.

Remembrance day

The name day for Rigobert is January 4th , the memorial day of St. Rigobert of Reims.

Name bearer

Male first name

Be called Rigobert

• Rigobert von Reims (also: Robert von Reims; † 743), abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Orbais ; since 689/690 Bishop of Reims
• Rigobert Bonne (1727–1795), French mathematician and cartographer
• Rigobert Gruber (* 1961), former German soccer player
• Rigobert Günther (1928–2000), German ancient historian
• Rigobert Song (* 1976), Cameroonian football player

Rigoberto hot

• Rigoberto Cisneros Dueñas (* 1953), former Mexican soccer player
• Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez (* 1948), Bishop of the Pereira Diocese
• Rigoberto López Pérez (1929–1956), Nicaraguan poet
• Rigoberto Urán Urán (* 1987), Colombian racing cyclist

Female first name

Rigoberta is the first name of

• Rigoberta Menchú Tum (* 1959), Guatemalan human rights activist

family name

• Gale Rigobert , Lucian politician
• Natacha Rigobert (* 1980), Mauritian volleyball player

Name in literature

The Secret Notes of Don Rigoberto (Spanish: Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto) is a satirical-erotic novel by the Peruvian Nobel Prize for Literature Mario Vargas Llosa from 1997.