Robin (name)
Robin is a male and female given name.
Origin and use of the name
The first name Robin or Robyn (also Robijn in Dutch ) is a nickname of Robert . The name originated from the short form Rob with the old French diminutive suffix - in . Sometimes the meaning of the name is derived from the English name robin ( robin ).
Robin is mostly used as a male name in Europe , the female forms Robine and Robina are less common. In the USA and Canada , however, Robin is also used as a female first name . The name has been enjoying increasing popularity in Germany since the 1970s.
Name bearer
stage name
- Robin (* 1998), Finnish pop singer, see Robin Packalen
- Robyn (* 1979), Swedish pop singer
First name
- Robin Beck (* 1954), American pop singer
- Robin Bormuth (* 1995), German soccer player
- Robin Cook (Author) (born 1940), American doctor and author
- Robin Cook (politician) (1946-2005), British politician
- Robin William Arthur Cook , pen name Derek Raymond (1931–1994), British writer
- Robin Detje (* 1964), German author and translator
- Robin Dutt (* 1965), German soccer coach and official
- Robyn Rihanna Fenty (* 1988), Barbadian singer, see Rihanna
- Robin Gibb (1949–2012), British-Australian pop musician (Bee Gees)
- Robin Hack (* 1998), German soccer player
- Robin van Helsum (* 1992), Dutch impostor , see forest boy Ray
- Robin van Kampen (* 1994), Dutch chess player
- Robin Kowalski , American psychologist
- Robin Lautenbach (* 1952), German television journalist
- Robin van Persie (* 1983), Dutch football player
- Robin Ridington (born 1939), North American anthropologist
- Robin de Romans , French painter (14th century)
- Robbin Ruiter (* 1987), Dutch football goalkeeper
- Robin Schulz (* 1987), German music producer
- Robin Söderling (* 1984), Swedish tennis player
- Robin Stone (* 1962), American pop singer
- Robin Thicke (born 1977), American R&B singer
- Robin Williams (1951-2014), American actor
- Robin Wright (born 1966), American actress
- Robin Ylitalo (* 1986), Swedish poker player
family name
- Albert Robin (1847–1928), French doctor, art collector and patron
- André Robin (* 1922), French bobsleigh athlete
- Arthur Robin (* 1927), French bodybuilder and Mister Universe
- Bernard Robin (* 1949), French racing driver
- Charles Robin (entrepreneur) (1743–1824), entrepreneur from the Channel Island of Jersey
- Charles César Robin (18th / 19th century), French writer and financial expert
- Charles-Philippe Robin (1821–1885), French biologist and histologist
- Christel Robin (* 1987), French triathlete
- Claude Robin (1941-2010), French football player
- Damien Robin (* 1989), French football player
- Daniel Robin (1943-2018), French wrestler
- Dany Robin (1927–1995), French actress
- Denis Robin (* 1979), French racing cyclist
- Gabriel Robin (painter) (1902–1970) French painter
- Gabriel Robin (diplomat) (* 1929), French diplomat
- Georg Robin (1522–1592), also Joris Robijn , Flemish architect
- Giorgio Robin d'Ipri ; see Georg Robin
- Gordon de Quetteville Robin (1921-2004), Australian geophysicist and glaciologist
- Jan Robijn ; see Johann Robin
- Jean Robin (1550–1629), French pharmacist and botanist
- Jean Robin (hockey player) , French hockey player
- Jean Robin (soccer player) (1921-2004), French soccer player and coach
- Jean-Cyril Robin (* 1969), French racing cyclist
- Jean-François Robin (* 1943), French cameraman
- Johann Robin (1525–1600), Flemish architect, brother of Georg Robin
- Joel Robbin (* 1941), American mathematician
- Jonathan Robijn (* 1970), Belgian writer
- Joris Robijn ; see Georg Robin
- Jules Robin , French racing car driver
- Leo Robin (1900–1984), American musician
- Léon Robin (1866–1947), French historian of philosophy
- Mado Robin (1918–1960), French coloratura soprano
- Marie-Monique Robin (* 1960), French journalist
- Marthe Robin (1902–1981), French mystic
- Mickaël Robin (* 1985), French handball player
- Mohamed Robin (* 1987), Bangladeshi football player
- Paul Robin (1837–1912), French reform pedagogue
- Robert Robin (1742–1809), French watchmaker
- Sid Robin (1912–1985), American lyricist and composer
- Silvino Robin (* 1923), Brazilian weightlifter
- Vespasien Robin (1579–1662), French botanist
Fictional characters
- Robin Hood , English legendary figure
- Robin (Batman) , Batman's sidekick in movies and comics
- Robin Masters , writer on the television series Magnum, see Magnum (TV series) #Robin Masters
- Robin Scherbatsky , character from the television series How I Met Your Mother , see characters from How I Met Your Mother #Robin Scherbatsky