Title: Robinson (name)
Content:  Robinson is an English language patronymic surname, originating in England. It means "son of Robin (a diminutive of Robert)". There are similar surname spellings such as Robison and Robeson. Robinson is the 15th-most common surname in the United Kingdom. According to the 1990 United States Census, Robinson was the twentieth most frequently encountered surname among those reported, accounting for 0.23% of the population. In Ireland, Robinson is most common in Ulster. The two names had been used interchangeably in some areas of the province around the beginning of the 20th century. It can also be an Anglicization of such Jewish surnames as Rabinowitz and Rubinstein. Robinson, the compound word, is a rare given name, while its derivative, Robin, has the distinction of being both a masculine and feminine given name.
Title: Robin (name)
Content:  Robin is a unisex given name and a surname. It was originally a diminutive masculine given name or nickname of Robert, derived from the prefix Ro- (hrod, Old Germanic, meaning "fame" and berht, meaning "bright"), and the suffix -in (Old French diminutive). In Europe, although it is sometimes regarded as a feminine name, it is generally given to boys. In 2014, 88% of babies named Robin in England were boys. In United States, it used to be more popular as a feminine name—during the 1990s, for example, it was the 325th most popular name for girls and the 693rd most popular name 
Title: Robinsonville, New Brunswick
Content:  Robinsonville was named after its first postmaster Alexander Robertson, officially appointed in 1885. Presumably, the spelling changed over time from Robertsonville, to the more easily pronounced Robinsonville.
Title: Robin (name)
Content:  boys. However the gap has been narrowing and recently the number of baby boys and baby girls named Robin in United States has been roughly similar (as visualized in the adjacent chart). In 2014 46% of babies named Robin in United States were boys, which is about three times that figure in 1990.  There are several common variations, including Robyn, Robbin, Robine, Robyne, Robynne, and Robbyn. Robin has its origin in France and is also a very common surname in France. Robin is occasionally found as a surname in English-speaking countries. Common nicknames are Rob, Robbie or Bobby. Robin may refer to:
Title: European robin
Content:  introduced. In the 15th century, when it became popular to give human names to familiar species, the bird came to be known as robin redbreast, which was eventually shortened to robin. As a given name, Robin is originally a diminutive of Robert. Other older English names for the bird include ruddock and robinet. In American literature of the late 19th century, this robin was frequently called the English robin. Dutch roodborstje, French rouge-gorge, German Rotkehlchen, Italian pettirosso, Spanish petirrojo and Portuguese pisco-de-peito-ruivo all refer to the distinctively coloured front. The genus Erithacus previously included the Japanese robin and the Ryukyu robin. These east Asian species were shown in molecular phylogenetic studies 
Title: Robinson (Lake District)
Content:  According to influential guidebook author Alfred Wainwright, the name Robinson comes from a Richard Robinson who purchased estates in the Buttermere area many centuries ago. These included this unnamed hill which was then called "Robinson's Fell", later shortened to Robinson.
Title: Robinson, Kentucky
Content:  A post office called Robinson was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1982. Some say the community's name is a corruption of the name of James Robertson, while others believe it was named for John or Benjamin Robinson, early postmasters.
Title: Robison (name)
Content:  Robison is an English language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Rob" (a shortened form of Robert, of Norse Gaelic origin.) Robison is a rare given name.
Title: Robyn (name)
Content:  Layton, Australian lawyer ; Robyn Lively (born 1972), American actress ; Robyn Loau (born 1972), Australian singer, songwriter and actress ; Robyn Malcolm (born 1965), New Zealand actress ; Robyn Miller (born 1966), American businessman, co-founder of Cyan Worlds ; Robyn Nevin (born 1942), Australian actress, director and former head of the Sydney Theatre Company ; Robyn Ochs (born 1958), American bisexual and LGBT rights activist ; Robyn Regehr (born 1980), Brazilian-born Canadian ice hockey player ; Robyn Slovo (born 1953), South African film producer ; Robyn Smith (born 1944), American jockey Robyn is a gender-neutral given name. Robin is a variant which is both masculine and feminine. It is of Germanic origin and means 'bright famous one'. Notable people with the name include: 
Title: Robin (character)
Content:  my memory, because I didn't have the book to look at." Other accounts of Robin's origin state that the name comes from the bird called the American robin, not from Robin Hood, Frank Miller's All Star Batman and Robin being a notable exception. Sometimes both sources are credited, as in Len Wein's The Untold Legend of the Batman. Although Robin is best known as Batman's sidekick, the Robins have also been members of the superhero groups the Teen Titans (with the original Robin, Dick Grayson, as a founding member and the latter group's leader) and Young Justice. In Batman stories, the character of Robin was intended to be Batman's 

Question: what is the origin of the name robinson?
Answer: English language patronymic surname.