Robertとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹɒb.ət/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈɹɑ.bɚt/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɹɔb.ət/
• ハイフネーション: Rob‧ert

固有名詞

Robert

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
     : Act I, Scene I:

     My brother Robert? Old Sir Robert's son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?

   • 1984, John Edgar Wideman, Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir, Mariner Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 93:

     I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the Robert came from me because I liked the sound. Robert was formal, dignified, important. Robert. And that was nearly as nice as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.

   • 2025 August 27, Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash, Allison Gordon, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Rob Kuznia, John Miller, “Police examine online videos, writings possibly linked to Minneapolis church shooting suspect”, in CNN‎:

     A 2017 yearbook photograph obtained by CNN shows Robert Westman, later known as Robin Westman, then a student at Annunciation Catholic grade school in Minneapolis.

2. (rare compared to given name) A French surname originating as a patronymic.

使用する際の注意点

• One of the most common English given names since the Norman Conquest.

派生語

関連する語

• pet forms: Bert, Bertie, Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rabbie (Scotland), Rob, Robbie, Robby, Robb
• variants: Robin (chiefly masculine), Robyn (chiefly feminine), Rupert
• feminine forms: Bertha, Roberta