Robin

Bird name; or English, diminutive of Robert

"bright fame"

Robin Origin and Meaning

The name Robin is a boy's name of English origin meaning "bright fame".

Now that it's no longer fashionable for girls, Robin is rising for boys again. Robin Hood, Robin Williams, Christopher Robin, and Robin the Boy Wonder are all male namesakes, after all. It reentered the US Top 1000 boys names in 2015 for the first time since 1999 and continues to bounce around the lower end of the Top 1000.

Robin is one of the unisex names that switched predominant genders a couple of times. Initially a boys' name, it hit its high point for both genders in the 1950s, eventually becoming more popular for girls. Now Robin is used near-equally for both sexes, given to 290 baby girls and 256 baby boys in the US in 2021.

Robin is one of the Top 100 Boy Names in France.

Robin Rank in US Top 1000

# 783 in the US

Robin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 199 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Robin

• 783 US 2023
• 199 Nameberry 2025
• 15 Unique 2018
• 157 Canada 2023
• 697 Future 2028
• 124 England 2023
• 111 Scotland 2024
• 43 France 2023
• 86 Germany 2016
• 117 Netherlands 2015
• 63 Belgium 2023
• 47 Switzerland 2023
• 86 Estonia 2024

20 Names Similar to Robin

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Robin.

• Percy
• Bruno
• Caspar
• Klaus
• Casper
• Jules
• Chester
• Orlando
• Montgomery
• Clyde
• Monty
• Sylvester
• Pascal
• Wilbur
• Luther
• Rufus
• Rex
• Wolfgang
• Floyd
• Basil

Famous People Named Robin

• Robin Clark (born Tobias Hartmann) German DJ
• Robin Cousins English figure skater
• Robin McLaurin Williams American actor/comedian
• Robin Alan Thicke American singer
• Robin Lord Taylor American actor
• Robin van Persie Dutch footballer
• Robert John "Robin" Finck American guitarist for Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses
• Robin Leonard Trower English musician of band Procol Harum
• Robin Mark Northern Irish Christian singer,songwriter
• Robin Hugh Gibb English musician of band The Bee Gees
• Robin Noel Pecknold American musician of band the Fleet Foxes
• (John) Robin Warren Australian pathologist and Nobel Prize winner
• Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook Scottish politician
• Robin Packalen Finnish pop singer
• Robin Gerard Penleigh Boyd Australian architect
• Robin Dunne Canadian actor
• Robert Brian "Robin" Cook American physician and novelist
• Robin Ian Hunter English novelist
• Robin Ince English comedian
• Robin Evan Roberts American baseball player
• Robin R. Yount American baseball player
• Robin Mark Ventura American baseball player and manager
• Robin Bo Carl Söderling Swedish tennis player
• Robin Schulz German DJ
• Robin Jarvis English novelist

The name Robin in Pop Culture

• Robin Hood English folk hero
• Christopher Robin character in the "Winnie the Pooh" series
• Robin Goodfellow (aka Puck) English folk figure and character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
• Robin Hood character named after hero in tv series, Once Upon a Time
• Robin Oakapple pseudonym of the main character in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Ruddigore"
• Robin the Frog Muppet nephew of Kermit the Frog
• Robin the sidekick of Batman and leader of the Teen Titans in the DC Comics
• Robin De Noir a character in the movie: The Secret of Moonacre & a character in the book: The Little White Horse
• (Robin) John Blake character in movie "The Dark Knight Rises"
• Robin Wood character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• "Robin " Swedish animated series and main character
• Robin character in animated series "Mona the Vampire"
• Robin male or female player character in video game Fire Emblem: Awakening