Roberts (surname)
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Roberts is a surname of English origin, deriving from the Anglo Saxon/Norman given name Robert, meaning "bright renown" – from the Germanic elements "hrod" meaning renown and "beraht" meaning bright. Roberts may mean either "servant of Robert" or "son of Robert"; the latter is more common in Wales, while the former is more common in England.[1][2] Although the name Robert was known in England before the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was mainly introduced into England by the Normans.[3] Today the surname Roberts is common in England, Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man, with the biggest concentration by far occurring in North Wales. In colloquial North-Walian Welsh "Roberts" is often pronounced as "Robaits". The name is also common in Scotland and Ireland.
People
- Pernell Roberts Jr. (1928-2010), American actor
- Bip Roberts (born 1963), American former baseball player
- Craig Roberts (born 1991), British actor
- Emma Roberts (born 1991), American actress
- Eric Roberts (born 1956), American actor
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832–1914), British soldier
- Jake "The Snake" Roberts (born 1955), American former professional wrestler
- John Glover Roberts, Jr. (born 1955), Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Julia Roberts (born 1967), American actress
- Kurt Roberts (born 1988), American shot putter
- Nora Roberts American bestselling author of more than 209 romance novels
- Pat Roberts, (born 1936), U.S. Senator from Kansas
- Tanya Roberts (born 1955), American actress
- Terrell Roberts (born 1981), American football player
- Tommy Ed Roberts (1940–2014), American politician and businessman
Fictional characters
- Audrey Roberts, television series character from Coronation Street
- Barbara Millicent Roberts, doll known as Barbie
- Skipper Roberts, doll known as Skipper
- Tutti and Todd Roberts, dolls known as Tutti and Todd
- The Dread Pirate Roberts, character in "The Princess Bride" - cited here in wikipedia: [4]
See also
- Robert (surname)
- Robertson (disambiguation)
- Roberts (disambiguation)
- Robarts (disambiguation)
- Robards
Notes
- ↑ Gormley, Myra Vanderpool. 2007. How Green was my Valley? The Welsh: Surnames and Migrations. http://www.genealogymagazine.com/welsh.html. Accessed 22 Oct 2008
- ↑ Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1967. No ISBN.
- ↑ Hanks, Patricia and Hodges, Flavia. 1990. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_Pirate_Roberts