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Rupert
Say it: ROO-pert
Meaning
German form of Hrodebert (Robert): hrod 'fame' and berht 'bright'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine brought the name to England in the 17th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 5,481 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1920, about 1 in 6,800 boys
- 22 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ruprecht, Rupprecht
| English | Rupert |
|---|---|
| French | Robert |
| German | Ruprecht |
Famous bearers
- Saint Rupert of Salzburg
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine, royalist commander
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.