Roberta
Barely 240 women in all of Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met a Roberta. It's the feminine of Robert, from Germanic roots meaning "bright fame", the old sense of being widely known.
Roberta Pronunciation
Roberta is pronounced ro-BER-tah (/rɔˈbɛrta/).
What Roberta means
Where Roberta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Roberta grew from Germanic soil. Behind it sit two old pieces, hrod, meaning fame, and beraht, meaning bright, and their pairing gives the reading "bright fame." The same roots stand under the masculine Robert and the Polish variant Róbert.
The feminine form found its warmest home in Italy, where it settled through the twentieth century beside Roberto. The Italian tennis player Roberta Vinci, who knocked Serena Williams out of the 2015 US Open, carries it still.
Short and clear. On a Polish class register, Roberta lands among the R names with an ordinary ease, no explanation needed. The old sense of brightness never described a face or a voice. It pointed at fame, at being known and talked about, and that reading has held: "bright fame."
When Roberta celebrates name day
Roberta appears 5 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 of them as a main name, the first on 29 April.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Roberta
1 in 95122 women in Poland is named Roberta. 237 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2018 among female names.
Roberta's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Roberta is most popular
Roberta is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Roberta as a middle name
Roberta is a first name for 237 women in Poland and a middle name for another 284, a 45/55 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 402nd, between Nikol (284) and Wincentyna (284).
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#400 Nicol285
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#401 Nikol284
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#402 Roberta284
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#403 Wincentyna284
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#404 Rachel282