Róbert
The Germanic Hrodebert, "bright fame," kept in its accented spelling while everyday Poland writes it Robert. Only about 167 men carry the Róbert form, so meeting one stays memorable.
Róbert Pronunciation
Róbert is pronounced ROO-bert (/ˈrubɛrt/).
What Róbert means
Where Róbert comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Róbert grows from Germanic roots. The old form Hrodebert joined "hrod," meaning fame, to "beraht," meaning bright. Put the halves together and you get the short meaning people still cite: bright fame. The variant Robert drops the accent and keeps both parts, while the feminine Roberta hands the name to a daughter.
Frankish kings wore the name before it spread west across medieval Europe. In Poland the everyday spelling settled as Robert, and Róbert keeps the accented vowel that the plain form lets go. A Polish reader today likely thinks first of Robert Lewandowski, the striker, whose surname made the given name loud in stadiums.
The name is old.
On a class register a Robert lands somewhere near the Rafałs. His imieniny fall on several dates, and 17 April draws the most celebrations, with 7 June and 17 September close behind. Whatever the date, the label he answers to still resolves to that Germanic "beraht," the bright half of bright fame.
How many people are named Róbert
1 in 127821 men in Poland is named Róbert. 167 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2491 among male names.
Róbert as a middle name
Róbert is a first name for 167 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 95/5 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3676th, between Ryu (8) and Rüzgar (8).
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#3674 Rudolph8
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#3676 Róbert8
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#3677 Rüzgar8
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#3678 Sajid8