Robin (name)
Robin is a unisex given name and a surname. It was originally a diminutive masculine given name or nickname of Robert, derived from the prefix Ro-, and the suffix -in. 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.
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 the United States, it used to be more popular as a feminine name. Around its peak popularity in 1956, it was the 29th most popular name for girls and the 143rd most popular name for boys. The gender gap has narrowed as the name has become generally less popular.
Given name
People
- Robin Aitken, British journalist
- Robin Allison, New Zealand architect
- Robin Antin, American music video director, founder of the girl group the Pussycat Dolls
- Robin Barnett, British diplomat
- Robin Bell, South African-born, Australian slalom canoeist
- Robin Bell (scientist), American geophysicist
- Robin Bengtsson, Swedish singer
- Robin Blaze, English countertenor
- Robin Briant, New Zealand doctor
- Robin Bonanno, American race car driver
- Robin Boyd (architect), Australian architect
- Robin Boyd (theologian), Irish theologian and missionary
- Robin Brockway, British actor
- Robin Brown (disambiguation)
- Robin Bruyère, Belgian politician
- Robin Buffet, French alpine skier
- Robin Bush, English historian
- Robin Bussard, Swiss ski mountaineer
- Robin Buxton Potts, Canadian politician
- Robin Chase, co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar
- Robin Choudhury, British cardiologist
- Robin Cole, American football player
- Robin Coleman, American actress and strongwoman
- Robin R. Means Coleman, American author, scholar and educator
- R. G. Collingwood, English philosopher, historian and archaeologist
- Robin Cook, British Member of Parliament, used the name instead of his given name Robert
- Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand judge
- Robin Cook (American novelist), American doctor and novelist
- Robin Cousins, British Olympic gold medal figure skater
- Robin Curtis, American actress
- Robin Day, British political commentator and journalist
- Robin Darwall-Smith, British archivist
- Robin Darwin, British artist
- Robin David, Indian sculptor
- Robin de Kruijf, Dutch volleyball player
- 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 the Bee Gees
- Robin Givens, American actress
- Robin Goad, American weightlifter
- Robin Goomes, New Zealand mountain biker
- Robin Gosens, German footballer
- Robin Haigh, Irish/British composer
- Robin Hartshorne, American mathematician
- Robin Herman, American sports journalist
- Robin Hobb, American fantasy author
- Robin Hunter, British actor
- Robin Hurlstone, British actor
- Robin Ince, British comedian
- Robin Khuda, Australian billionaire
- Robin Knox-Johnston, British sailor
- Robin Korving, Dutch hurdler
- Robin Laws, Canadian violinist
- Robin Leach, host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
- Robin Linschoten, Dutch politician
- Robin Lodders, German basketball player
- Robin Martin-Jenkins, English cricketer
- Robin Meade, news anchor for HLN's morning show Morning Express with Robin Meade
- Robin Miller (chef), American chef, host of Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller
- Robin Montgomery, American tennis player
- Robin Moore, American writer
- Robin Morgan, American writer and women's rights activist
- Robin Moulder, bassist for the bands TCR and Jack Off Jill
- Robin Muhr, Israeli Olympic equestrian
- Robin Nedwell, English actor
- Robin Nievera, Filipino singer-songwriter
- Robin Packalen, Finnish singer
- 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 (baseball), American baseball player
- Robin Roberts (newscaster), American newscaster
- Robin S., American dance vocalist
- Robin Sirwan Safar, Sweden professional boxer
- Robin Sampson, New Zealand archer
- Robin Schulz, German DJ, record producer and remixer
- Robin Shaw, American politician
- Robin Singh (disambiguation)
- Robin Daniel Skinner, English singer-songwriter, record producer and YouTuber
- Robin Smith (disambiguation)
- Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player
- Robin Stevens (author), American-born English author of children's fiction
- Robin Stevens (puppeteer), English puppeteer, actor, director and writer
- Robin Stevens (rugby union), South African rugby union player
- Robin Stevenson, Canadian children's book writer
- Robin Tait, New Zealand discus thrower
- Robin Lord Taylor, American actor
- Robin Tenney, American tennis player
- Robin Thicke, Canadian-American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
- Robin L. Titus, Republican member of the Nevada Assembly
- Robin Tonniau, Belgian politician
- Robin Trower, guitarist for his own eponymous band and Procol Harum
- Robin Tunney, Irish-American actress
- Robin Turner (disambiguation)
- 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 Williamson, Scottish musician and founding member of The Incredible String Band
- Robin Windsor, professional dancer
- Robin Wright, American actress
- Robin Wright (author), American journalist, author and foreign affairs analyst
- Robin Wright (rugby union), Irish rugby international
- Robin Wright-Jones, American politician
- Robin Yalçın, German footballer of Turkish descent
- Robin Yount, baseball player
- Robin Zander, lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Cheap Trick
- Yoon Ro-bin, Korean female actor
Nicknames, pen names and stage names
- Robin, a pen name of Robert Walpole, British statesman
- Robin Clark (DJ), German hardstyle DJ and record producer born Tobias Hartmann
- Robin Cook, stage name of Jonas Ekfeldt, Swedish music producer and singer
- Robin Cook, pen name of Derek Raymond, British novelist
- Rockin' Robin Roberts, stage name of American singer Lawrence Fewell Roberts II
- nickname of Pauline Robinson Bush, daughter of George H. W. Bush
Fictional characters
- Robin Hood, legendary English outlaw
- Robin (character), Batman's sidekick from DC Comics
- Robin the Frog, Muppet nephew of Kermit the Frog
- Robin Branagh, from British children's TV series Young Dracula
- Robin Buckley, from the Netflix original series Stranger Things
- Robin Ellacott, one of the protagonists from the Cormoran Strike series of books
- Robin Goodfellow, common pseudonym of Puck in folklore
- Robin Griffin, main character from the series Top of the Lake by Jane Campion
- Robin Newman, law student in the video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Dual_Destinies
- Nico Robin, archaeologist in the manga series One Piece
- Robin Oakapple, main character in the opera Ruddigore by Gilbert & Sullivan
- Robin Ramzinski, main character in the film The Wrestler
- Robin Scherbatsky, in the American television show How I Met Your Mother
- Robin Scorpio-Drake, HIV positive doctor on the American soap opera General Hospital
- Robin Sena, main character in the anime Witch Hunter Robin
- Robin Sterling, from the fashion doll franchise Rainbow High
- Robin Swift, protagonist of the novel Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang
- Robin Vote, main character in Djuna Barnes's novel Nightwood
- Robin, from Mona the Vampire
- Robin (Fire Emblem), default name of main character from the video game Fire Emblem Awakening
- Robin, local carpenter and mother of Sebastian and Maru in the video game Stardew Valley
- Robin, caveman character from the BBC TV series Ghosts
- Robin, a playable character from ''Honkai: Star Rail''
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
- Gabriel Robin, French painter
- Guillaume Robin, 15th-century French architect
- James Robin, South Australian businessman
- Jean Robin (disambiguation)
- Jean-Cyril Robin, French former road racing cyclist
- Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter
- Mado Robin, French coloratura singer
- Manas Robin, Indian singer, composer and lyricist.
- Marie-Monique Robin, French journalist
- Marthe Robin, French Roman Catholic mystic
- Martial Robin, French football player
- Michel Robin, French film, stage, and television actor
- 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''