THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Robin
Robin is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Robin Aristorenas, Robin da Rozza. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
English
- /ˈɹɒbɪn/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɑbɪn/US
Rob · in2 source divisions
Ro · bin2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
(masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert. (feminine given name): From the bird, robin, or from Germanic.
A unisex given name.; A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages.; A female given name from the Germanic languages, also associated with the bird robin.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Robin
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Robin Aristorenas
Filipino actor
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Robin da Rozza
actor
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Robin Aristorenas, Robin da Rozza
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Robin in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Robin
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Robina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Albin·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Rob♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Robbie♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Robby♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Rocil·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Rogen♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Roi♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Robin?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Robin further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1158139 — Robin (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Robin Aristorenas (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1158139 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Robin da Rozza (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1158139 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Robin (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.