Robison (name)

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Robison Family Name
Meaning	"son of Rob"
Region of origin	English-speaking countries
Related names	Robeson, Robinson
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Robison

Robison Given Name
Gender	Male
Meaning	"son of Rob
Region of Origin	English-speaking countries
Origin	Germanic
Related names	Robert
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Robison

Robison is an English language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Rob" (a shortened form of Robert, of Germanic origin). There are similar surname spellings. Robison is a rare given name. People with the name Robison or its variant forms include:

[edit] Surname

• Bruce Robison (b. ?), American singer, songwriter; brother of Charlie Robison
• Carson Robison (1890 - 1957), American singer, songwriter
• Charlie Robison (b. 1964), American singer, songwriter; brother of Bruce Robison
• David Fullerton Robison (1816 – 1859), American politician
• Emily Robison (b. 1972), American singer, songwriter
• Howard W. Robison (1915 - 1987), American politician
• James Robison (b. 1943), American televangelist
• John Elder Robison (b. 1957), American author
• John Robison (physicist) (1739 – 1805), Scottish
• Julie Aberg Robison (b. 1958), American politician
• Louise Y. Robison (1866 - 1946), American, general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Mary Robison (b. 1949), American author
• Olin Clyde Robison (b. 1936), American, president of Middlebury College
• Paula Robison (b. ?), American flutist
• Samuel Robison (1867 - 1852), American, Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
• Shona Robison (b. ?), member of the Scottish Parliament
• Stephanie Robison (b. 1976), American artist
• Willard Robison (1894 - 1968), American composer of popular song

[edit] Given name

• Robison Wells (b. 1978), American novelist

[edit] See also

• Robeson
• Robinson