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Meaning: fame-bright, glory-bright, shining with glory, godlike-bright: Region of origin: Western Europe: Other names; Cognate(s) Robert: Rupert or Ruppert is an ...
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).
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþi-"fame" and *berhta-"bright" (Hrōþiberhtaz). [1] Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High German Hrodebert (a compound of Hruod (Old Norse: Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and berht "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently ...
Mindy Kaling got a whole lot of support from “Office” co-star and good friend B.J. Novak when she was honored Feb. 18 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Novak, who played one-half of ...
A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles.Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
Kate Middleton followed in Queen Elizabeth’s footsteps by wearing a bright outfit during her latest royal outing. Kin Cheung/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Week, the ...
Unfortunately, its meaning is, well, “unfortunate.” 49. Easton. This unisex name of English origin has a habitational meaning that refers to settlements in the east (i.e., “east town”). 50 ...
The element -berht has the meaning of "bright", Old English beorht/berht, Old High German beraht/bereht, ultimately from a Common Germanic *berhtaz, from a PIE root *bhereg-"white, bright". The female hypocoristic of names containing the same element is Berta .