Robin

A unisex given name.

Proper noun

  1. A unisex given name.
    • They ſay hee is already in the Forreſt of Arden, and a many merry men with him; and there liue like the old Robin Hood of England - c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William...
    • This waly boy will be nae coof: /I think we'll call him Robin./ Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin', rantin', rovin', /Robin was a rovin' boy, / Rantin', rovin' Robin. - 1785, Robert Burns, Rantin', Rovin' Robin:
    • Some names simply aren't appropriate after a while. Say you were called Robin, for instance. Well that's a perfectly good monicker up to the age of about nine, but pretty soon you'd have to do something about it,...

    1. A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages.

    2. A female given name from the Germanic languages, also associated with the bird robin.

      • "We'll name her Robin," her mother said, and it was as though at her words something of that spring and the bird's song and his gay and friendly and impudent spirit entered into the child. - 1949, Adela Rogers St. John,...
      • In March 1953, a month after Jeb was born, the Bush family received the devastating news that Robin had leukemia. A local doctor told the Bushes that doctors had never seen a white blood cell count that high and there...
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin

* (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. * (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.

Forms

Robins Robyn

Derived

Pierre Robin sequence Robbens Robin boundary condition Robin Hill Robin Hood Robinocracy Robinson Robison

Noun

  1. Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.

Forms

Robins Robyn