Robyn

Where Robyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Robyn.

  • Germanic
Robyn through the years
  1. 1921
    First appearance
    #4,464 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Robyn Lively born
    American actress
  3. 1974
    Peak, #169
    1,596 babies named Robyn, its best rank.
  4. 1980
    Robyn Regehr born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #334.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Robin.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Robyn Lively · American actress, born 1972
  • Robyn Regehr · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1980
  • Robyn Gayle · Canadian soccer player, born 1985
  • Robyn Maher · Australian basketball player, born 1959
  • Robyn Miller · American video game designer, composer, director and actor, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.