# Robin
## English
### Alternative forms

* Robyn (as a given name)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹɒbɪn/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɹɑbɪn/
* Rhymes: -ɒbɪn
* Hyphenation: Rob‧in

### Proper noun

Robin (plural Robins)
* A unisex given name.
** A male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages.
*** c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 186, column 1: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
*** 1785, Robert Burns, Rantin', Rovin' Robin: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.
*** 1991, Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 12: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, wouldn't you? Change your name by deed-poll to Samson, or Goliath, or something.
** A female given name from the Germanic languages, also associated with the bird robin.
*** 1949, Adela Rogers St. John, Never Again, and Other Stories, Doubleday, page 25:"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.
* (rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

#### Derived terms

* Pierre Robin sequence
* Robin Hood

#### See also

* Robin (comic book character) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Noun

Robin (plural Robins)
* (soccer) Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.

### Anagrams

* Biron, Brion, inorb

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrobɪn]

### Proper noun

Robin m anim
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English.

### Proper noun

Robin
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: Ro‧bin
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Robin
* a unisex given name, equivalent to English Robin

## Estonian
### Etymology

Recently borrowed from English.

### Proper noun

Robin
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Robin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrobin/, [ˈro̞bin]
* Rhymes: -obin
* Hyphenation: Ro‧bin

### Proper noun

Robin
* a male given name

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Robin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robinini
Robinini
accusative
nom.
Robinini
Robinini
gen.
Robinini
genitive
Robinini
Robinieni
partitive
Robiniani
Robinejani
inessive
Robinissani
Robineissani
elative
Robinistani
Robineistani
illative
Robiniini
Robineihini
adessive
Robinillani
Robineillani
ablative
Robiniltani
Robineiltani
allative
Robinilleni
Robineilleni
essive
Robininani
Robineinani
translative
Robinikseni
Robineikseni
abessive
Robinittani
Robineittani
instructive
comitative
—Robineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robinisi
Robinisi
accusative
nom.
Robinisi
Robinisi
gen.
Robinisi
genitive
Robinisi
Robiniesi
partitive
Robiniasi
Robinejasi
inessive
Robinissasi
Robineissasi
elative
Robinistasi
Robineistasi
illative
Robiniisi
Robineihisi
adessive
Robinillasi
Robineillasi
ablative
Robiniltasi
Robineiltasi
allative
Robinillesi
Robineillesi
essive
Robininasi
Robineinasi
translative
Robiniksesi
Robineiksesi
abessive
Robinittasi
Robineittasi
instructive
comitative
—Robineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robinimme
Robinimme
accusative
nom.
Robinimme
Robinimme
gen.
Robinimme
genitive
Robinimme
Robiniemme
partitive
Robiniamme
Robinejamme
inessive
Robinissamme
Robineissamme
elative
Robinistamme
Robineistamme
illative
Robiniimme
Robineihimme
adessive
Robinillamme
Robineillamme
ablative
Robiniltamme
Robineiltamme
allative
Robinillemme
Robineillemme
essive
Robininamme
Robineinamme
translative
Robiniksemme
Robineiksemme
abessive
Robinittamme
Robineittamme
instructive
comitative
—Robineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robininne
Robininne
accusative
nom.
Robininne
Robininne
gen.
Robininne
genitive
Robininne
Robinienne
partitive
Robinianne
Robinejanne
inessive
Robinissanne
Robineissanne
elative
Robinistanne
Robineistanne
illative
Robiniinne
Robineihinne
adessive
Robinillanne
Robineillanne
ablative
Robiniltanne
Robineiltanne
allative
Robinillenne
Robineillenne
essive
Robininanne
Robineinanne
translative
Robiniksenne
Robineiksenne
abessive
Robinittanne
Robineittanne
instructive
comitative
—Robineinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robininsa
Robininsa
accusative
nom.
Robininsa
Robininsa
gen.
Robininsa
genitive
Robininsa
Robiniensa
partitive
Robiniaan Robiniansa
Robinejaan Robinejansa
inessive
Robinissaan Robinissansa
Robineissaan Robineissansa
elative
Robinistaan Robinistansa
Robineistaan Robineistansa
illative
Robiniinsa
Robineihinsa
adessive
Robinillaan Robinillansa
Robineillaan Robineillansa
ablative
Robiniltaan Robiniltansa
Robineiltaan Robineiltansa
allative
Robinilleen Robinillensa
Robineilleen Robineillensa
essive
Robininaan Robininansa
Robineinaan Robineinansa
translative
Robinikseen Robiniksensa
Robineikseen Robineiksensa
abessive
Robinittaan Robinittansa
Robineittaan Robineittansa
instructive
comitative
—Robineineen Robineinensa :

#### Statistics

* Robin is the 209th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,680 male individuals (and as a middle name to 471 more), and also belongs to 15 female individuals (and as a middle name to 18 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French diminutive of Robert.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɔ.bɛ̃/

### Proper noun

Robin m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robin
* a surname originating as a patronymic

#### Derived terms

* Robin des Bois

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Robin
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old French, diminutive of Robert.

### Proper noun

Robin
* a male given name from the Romance languages or the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Robin
** late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales:
    Oure Hoste saugh that he was dronke of ale, And seyde, "Abyd, Robin, my leve brother, Som bettre man shal telle us first another: Abyd, and lat us werken thriftily."(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* English: Robin
* Yola: Rubbeen

#### References

* “Robin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Robin.

### Proper noun

Robin
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robin

## Swedish
### Etymology

From English Robin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1880.

### Proper noun

Robin c (genitive Robins)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robin
* a female given name

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistical Central Office; and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 27 631 males with the given name Robin living in Sweden on December 31, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on June 19, 2011.