Robert means famed or bright flame.

Robert was a Germanic name that was introduced into Britain during the late 2nd or early 3rd centuries.

Robert as a first name has increased in popularity through out the 20th century. It is also a popular last name.

Robert, as a name, is seen by many as being a strong masculine name that invites a sense of strength, wholesomeness and to a small degree, a sense of nerdy-ness. Robert is a common name used for television characters, book characters, movie characters and is even found in comic books. In Scrabble, the name Robert is worth 8 points. The Beetles had a song called "Dr. Robert."

There are 14 cities in the United States with the name Robert, including St. Robert, Mo. There are a number of places with the name of Robert in eastern Canada including Bay Roberts in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Kerrobert in Saskatchewan, Canada. Le Robert is in France and Robertsfors is in Sweden; Robertsport is in Liberia.

Historically, Robert was the name of three Scottish kings including Robert the Bruce; famous authors with this name include Robert Browning, Robert Burns and Robert Frost; Robert E. Lee was the Confederate General during the American Civil War; Robert Coleman Richardson is a famous physicist; Robert Hewiston is a famous hockey player; there are 6 well known actors with the name Robert including: Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall and Robert Guillaume . There have been 6 Nobel Peace Prize winners in the last 100 years named Robert: Robert Engle, Robert Fogel, Robert Furchgott and Robert Hofstadter.

The name Robert has a variety of variations in English: Bob, Bobbi, Bobbie, Bobby, Hopkin, Robbie, Rob, Robin; in Welsh: Hopcyn; in Scottish: Rab, Rabbie, Raibeart; in Spanish: Roberto; in Polish, German and English: Rupert; and in Finnish: Pertti, Roope.

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