Robin Forename
771st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,108,637 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Niue
Robin Forename Definition:
A contraction or reshaping of Robert; the Irish form is Roibin. The -in connotes the diminution that is prompted by affection, and the name owes some of its popularity to the legends of Robin Goodfellow and Robin Hood (Apperson).
Robin Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88% | 531,178 | 1:683 | 130 |
| India | 100% | 63,295 | 1:19,194 | 2,746 |
| England | 100% | 62,159 | 1:895 | 204 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 56,271 | 1:2,834 | 409 |
| Canada | 51% | 54,951 | 1:603 | 126 |
| Pakistan | 91% | 54,098 | 1:3,593 | 555 |
| Netherlands | 90% | 44,983 | 1:376 | 66 |
| Philippines | 99% | 20,405 | 1:5,195 | 874 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 15,832 | 1:16,294 | 2,323 |
| Sweden | 99% | 14,671 | 1:672 | 127 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 13,877 | 1:256 | 51 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 12,565 | 1:649 | 73 |
| Germany | 76% | 12,176 | 1:7,940 | 633 |
| South Africa | 92% | 10,487 | 1:5,200 | 984 |
| Australia | - | 9,933 | 1:1,375 | 284 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,961 | 1:5,168 | 805 |
| France | 100% | 7,830 | 1:8,489 | 595 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,261 | 1:625 | 146 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,936 | 1:4,442 | 704 |
| Belgium | 90% | 6,675 | 1:1,721 | 397 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5,783 | 1:1,843 | 221 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 5,139 | 1:4,598 | 948 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,761 | 1:1,124 | 209 |
| Uganda | 72% | 3,748 | 1:10,928 | 1,076 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 3,357 | 1:4,798 | 595 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 3,302 | 1:9,222 | 1,054 |
| Sudan | 100% | 3,173 | 1:11,915 | 1,375 |
| Colombia | 97% | 3,039 | 1:15,722 | 1,184 |
| China | - | 2,896 | 1:471,704 | 25,492 |
| Thailand | 90% | 2,827 | 1:24,785 | 3,250 |
| Ireland | 84% | 2,763 | 1:1,681 | 272 |
| Venezuela | 97% | 2,588 | 1:11,670 | 1,190 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,524 | 1:1,226 | 270 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,523 | 1:731 | 169 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,399 | 1:2,139 | 384 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,238 | 1:14,205 | 1,351 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,218 | 1:9,377 | 1,424 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,822 | 1:5,725 | 814 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,738 | 1:6,100 | 815 |
| Switzerland | 77% | 1,603 | 1:5,124 | 705 |
| Tanzania | 94% | 1,569 | 1:33,645 | 2,852 |
| Oman | - | 1,337 | 1:3,073 | 442 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,304 | 1:13,594 | 957 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Malawi | 97% | 1,142 | 1:14,985 | 1,477 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,124 | 1:24,009 | 1,692 |
| Poland | 99% | 1,084 | 1:35,080 | 1,050 |
| Denmark | - | 1,065 | 1:5,305 | 608 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,026 | 1:5,344 | 597 |
| Mexico | 95% | 959 | 1:129,452 | 2,898 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 851 | 1:18,124 | 2,038 |
| Chile | 92% | 773 | 1:22,778 | 1,176 |
| Singapore | 98% | 744 | 1:8,450 | 1,606 |
| Zambia | - | 720 | 1:22,021 | 1,839 |
| Brazil | 89% | 684 | 1:313,211 | 12,009 |
| Honduras | 100% | 634 | 1:13,908 | 1,205 |
| Spain | 95% | 630 | 1:73,857 | 2,491 |
| Egypt | 100% | 607 | 1:151,402 | 6,063 |
| Fiji | - | 604 | 1:1,477 | 396 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 528 | 1:2,578 | 500 |
| Austria | - | 501 | 1:16,994 | 829 |
| Jamaica | - | 470 | 1:6,135 | 880 |
| Qatar | 99% | 470 | 1:5,042 | 818 |
| Panama | 100% | 457 | 1:8,548 | 1,201 |
| Suriname | - | 444 | 1:1,245 | 260 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 431 | 1:171,294 | 7,882 |
| Russia | 88% | 428 | 1:336,995 | 4,230 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 412 | 1:11,573 | 1,023 |
| Gabon | - | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Nicaragua | 98% | 399 | 1:15,084 | 1,301 |
| Guyana | 100% | 394 | 1:1,937 | 367 |
| Namibia | - | 393 | 1:6,118 | 851 |
| El Salvador | - | 392 | 1:16,178 | 951 |
| Nigeria | 92% | 392 | 1:452,970 | 14,714 |
| Lebanon | 88% | 390 | 1:14,430 | 1,293 |
| Nepal | 53% | 333 | 1:85,548 | 5,036 |
| Bahrain | - | 326 | 1:4,137 | 668 |
| Portugal | - | 314 | 1:33,156 | 1,338 |
| Iraq | 100% | 304 | 1:115,190 | 2,624 |
| Cuba | - | 303 | 1:37,975 | 1,353 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Italy | 86% | 282 | 1:216,532 | 3,018 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Mauritius | - | 261 | 1:4,972 | 800 |
| Hong Kong | - | 253 | 1:30,643 | 2,370 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 226 | 1:105,176 | 12,255 |
| Bahamas | - | 225 | 1:1,775 | 417 |
| Japan | - | 210 | 1:609,457 | 12,105 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 206 | 1:104,905 | 5,400 |
| Haiti | 100% | 193 | 1:55,580 | 3,614 |
| Congo | 100% | 189 | 1:26,504 | 2,504 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Argentina | 63% | 179 | 1:238,957 | 2,665 |
| Barbados | - | 166 | 1:1,746 | 393 |
| Jersey | - | 158 | 1:633 | 152 |
| Hungary | 89% | 152 | 1:64,420 | 605 |
| Malta | - | 148 | 1:2,901 | 485 |
| Guernsey | - | 141 | 1:449 | 117 |
| Estonia | 100% | 137 | 1:9,601 | 1,111 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Romania | 100% | 133 | 1:150,767 | 5,781 |
| Brunei | - | 131 | 1:3,203 | 324 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 126 | 1:4,611 | 598 |
| South Korea | - | 124 | 1:44,713 | 3,161 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 123 | 1:753 | 173 |
| Liberia | 100% | 120 | 1:36,767 | 2,128 |
| Slovenia | 76% | 114 | 1:21,568 | 1,334 |
| Bermuda | - | 103 | 1:629 | 120 |
| Iran | - | 102 | 1:769,577 | 7,491 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 101 | 1:8,168 | 534 |
| Croatia | 100% | 97 | 1:43,475 | 1,625 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 97 | 1:35,336 | 1,497 |
| Greece | 100% | 96 | 1:113,902 | 2,921 |
| Botswana | - | 95 | 1:22,994 | 2,710 |
| Cyprus | - | 85 | 1:10,248 | 894 |
| Paraguay | 96% | 79 | 1:91,605 | 2,426 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 78 | 1:91,692 | 7,716 |
| Turkey | 83% | 76 | 1:1,023,707 | 10,121 |
| Belize | 100% | 71 | 1:4,990 | 1,007 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 61 | 1:4,429 | 651 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 60 | 1:9,401 | 791 |
| Guam | - | 59 | 1:2,723 | 552 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 57 | 1:1,925 | 392 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 55 | 1:1,807 | 380 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Albania | 98% | 45 | 1:67,702 | 5,487 |
| Marshall Islands | 93% | 43 | 1:1,191 | 151 |
| Vietnam | - | 39 | 1:2,374,952 | 3,225 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:2,358 | 517 |
| Cambodia | 71% | 25 | 1:650,933 | 12,367 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Benin | 100% | 22 | 1:480,720 | 16,166 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Belarus | 82% | 21 | 1:451,542 | 3,003 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 21 | 1:99,560 | 4,764 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 20 | 1:1,631,176 | 16,044 |
| Georgia | 96% | 20 | 1:186,923 | 5,227 |
| Monaco | 100% | 20 | 1:1,923 | 383 |
| Iceland | - | 19 | 1:19,264 | 1,346 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 18 | 1:1,281,996 | 34,985 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 18 | 1:324 | 89 |
| Kazakhstan | 90% | 16 | 1:1,109,178 | 11,387 |
| Saint Lucia | 87% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Syria | - | 14 | 1:1,379,005 | 3,470 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 13 | 1:242 | 27 |
| Niue | - | 13 | 1:123 | 22 |
| Myanmar | - | 12 | 1:4,329,023 | 1,400 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Azerbaijan | 67% | 10 | 1:964,294 | 14,459 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 10 | 1:8,502 | 218 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 9 | 1:12,398 | 1,723 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 9 | 1:590,007 | 2,547 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Jordan | 50% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 5 | 1:48,684 | 1,663 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Nauru | 100% | 5 | 1:2,385 | 265 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,579 | 295 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Israel | 87% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Róbin (13), Robín (10), Ròbin (1) & Röbin (1) are calculated separately.
Robin (166,471) may also be a surname.
Robin Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A contraction or reshaping of Robert; the Irish form is Roibin. The -in connotes the diminution that is prompted by affection, and the name owes some of its popularity to the legends of Robin Goodfellow and Robin Hood (Apperson).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A diminutive of Rob, the nickname of Robert.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (masculine) - Bright counsellor.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Illustrious fame.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Robin Forename Popularity
Robin Demographics
Average Robin Salary in
United States
$46,486 USD
Per year
Rank:
165,660 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.15275
Rank: 124 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
106.79%
Sample size: 270,877 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Robin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Robin in the Russian language | ||
| Робин | robin | - |
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