Rupert (name)
| Rupert | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Low German |
| Region of origin | Western Europe |
Rupert is an English truncation of Latin Rupertus, which derives from Old High German Hruodoperht/Hruodoberht ('p' and 'b' are the voiceless and voiced cognates of the same consonant); which is also the source of the name Robert. Thus, "Rupert" and "Robert" are different modern forms of the same name. The Old High German form of the name evolved from Germanic Hrothi, "fame, glory" + Berht, "bright"; thus, Rupert and Robert mean "bright fame."
Given name
- Rupert of Germany (German: Ruprecht) (1352–1410), German King
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619–1682), noted soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century
- Saint Rupert of Bingen
- Saint Rupert of Salzburg
- Blessed Rupert Mayer
- Rupert Boneham (born 1964), American multi-time Survivor contestant
- Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), English poet
- Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon (1907–1928), great grandson of Queen Victoria
- Rupert Davies (1916–1976), English actor
- Rupert Evans (born 1977), English actor
- Rupert Everett (born 1959), English actor
- Rupert Friend (born 1981), English actor
- Rupert Graves (born 1963), English actor
- Rupert Grint (born 1988), English actor
- Rupert Hallowes (1881–1915), World War I Victoria Cross recipient
- Rupert Keegan (born 1955), English Formula One driver
- Rupert Murdoch (born 1931), Australian-American media magnate
- Rupert Penry-Jones (born 1970), English actor
- Rupert Sanders (born 1971), English film director
- Rupert Sheldrake (born 1942), English professor, biologist and lecturer
- Rupert Shephard (1909–1992), English painter, illustrator and art teacher
- Rupert Shoobridge (1883–1962), Australian politician
- Rupert Shrive (born 1965), English artist
- Rupert Simonian (born 1991), British actor with Canada dual citizenship
- Rupert Sloman (1890–1951), New Zealand cricketer
- Rupert de Smidt (1883–1986), South African cricketer
- Rupert Smith, KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE, QGM (born 1943), British Army officer, author of The Utility of Force
- Rupert Smith (American football) (1897–1959), American football and baseball player
- Rupert Smith (novelist), American-born English author
- Rupert Soames OBE (born 1959), British businessman, CEO of the outsourcing company Serco
- Rupert Speir (1910–1998), British Conservative Party politician
- Rupert Spira, English studio potter
- Rupert Stadler (born 1963), German business executive and chairman of the Vorstand (CEO) of Audi AG
- Rupert Steiner, British non-fiction author and journalist
- Charles Rupert Stockard (1879–1939), American anatomist and zoologist
- Rupert Gordon Strutt (1912–1985), the Anglican Bishop of Stockport from 1965 to 1984
- Rupert Max Stuart (1932–2014), Indigenous Australian convicted of murder in 1959
- Rupert Svendsen-Cook (born 1990), British racing driver with Norwegian family history
- Rupert Taylor (born 1958), Professor of Political Studies in Johannesburg
- J. Rupert Thompson (born 1964), director and producer of reality television
- Rupert Thomson FRSL (born 1955), English author
- Rupert Thorneloe, MBE (1969–2009), British Army officer killed in action in Afghanistan
- Timothy Rupert Thorogood (born 1962), Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands 2008–2012
- Rupert von Trapp (1911–1992), eldest son of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp
- Rupert Trimmingham (1899–1985), corporal in the United States Army Corps of Engineers during World War II
- Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1870–1954), New Brunswick engineer and inventor
- Rupert Vansittart (born 1958), English character actor
- Rupert Wagner, German sprint canoeist
- Rupert Wainwright (born 1961), English film and TV director, writer, and actor
- Rupert Webb (born 1922), English cricketer
- Rupert Wegerif (born 1959), Professor of Education at the University of Exeter in England
- Rupert Weinstabl (1911–1953), Austrian sprint canoeist
- Rupert Mearse Wells (1835–1902), speaker of the Legislature of Ontario
- Rupert Wells (rugby league), South African rugby league player
- Rupert Wertheim (1893–1933), Australian tennis player
- Rupert Whitaker (born 1963), psychiatrist, immunologist, patient-advocate
- Rupert Wilson Wigmore, PC (1873–1939), Canadian politician
- Rupert Wildt (1905–1976), German-American astronomer
- Rupert Wilkinson (born 1938), British historian
- Rupert Williamson (born 1945), furniture designer
- Rupert Wills (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
- Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (born 1967), British journalist
- Rupert Worker (1896–1989), played first-class cricket in New Zealand
- Rupert Wyatt (born 1972), English screenwriter, director, and producer
- Rupert Young (born 1978), English actor
Surname
- The Rupert family, a billionaire family from Stellenbosch, South Africa or members of that family:
- Anton Rupert (1916–2006)
- Johann Rupert (born 1950), son of Anton Rupert
- Bob Rupert (born 1931), former college basketball head coach
- David Rupert (born 1951), American former FBI/British intelligence agent
- Franke Rupert (1888–1971), Austrian graphic and engraver
- G. G. Rupert (1847–1922), American Adventist pastor and writer
- Jeff Rupert (born 1964), Yamaha performing artist, a record producer, saxophonist, professor
- Joe Rupert (1912–1996), American college football, basketball, and track athlete and coach
- Michael Rupert (born 1951), American actor, singer, director and composer
- Nura Rupert, Australian Aboriginal artist from north-west South Australia
- Rona Rupert née Davel (1934–1995), South African author
- Thierry Rupert (1977–2013), French basketball player
Fictional characters
- Rupert Baxter, fictional character in the Blandings stories by P. G. Wodehouse
- Rupert Bear, a cartoon bear created by Mary Tourtel
- Rupert of Hentzau, the villainous henchman of the king's usurper, Black Michael, in Anthony Hope's novels, The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau
- Rupert, the squirrel in the 1950 Christmas film The Great Rupert
- Rupert Giles, watcher on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
- Rupert Campbell-Black, the central character in the Rutshire Chronicles series by Jilly Cooper.
- Rupert Thorne, fictional character, a crime boss and enemy of Batman in the DC Comics universe
- Rupert T. Waxflatter, the mentor of the future detective Sherlock Holmes, created by Chris Columbus for the film Young Sherlock Holmes.
- Rupert Pupkin, the anti-hero in the 1983 film The King of Comedy
- Rupert Campion, the son of the gentleman detective Albert Campion in Margery Allingham's eponymous series.
- Rupert, stuffed teddy bear owned by cartoon character Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
See also
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