Robyn
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Robin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɹɑbɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Robyn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In the Netherlands it is the 35th most common given name.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 757(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden1 in 331as Robin
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 642as Robin
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Robyn itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #245 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 605 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 757 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,600,000 named Robin, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Robin in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Robin.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Robyn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 885 | — | Robin | 72 |
| US United States | #107 | 284,371as Robin | 1 in 1.2K | 246K | Robin | 605 |
| GB United Kingdom | #117 | ≈90,000 est. | ≈1 in 727 | 617 | Robin | 354 |
| DE Germany | #287 | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Robin | 251 |
| CA Canada | #111 | ≈44,000 est. | ≈1 in 856 | 14 | Robin | 280 |
| AU Australia | #74 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 757 | 96 | Robyn | 274 |
| SE Sweden | #647 | 30,826as Robin | 1 in 331 | 31K | Robin | 156 |
| NZ New Zealand | #60 | ≈7,700 est. | ≈1 in 642 | 11 | Robin | 156 |
| IE Ireland | #299 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 754 | 194 | Robyn | 103 |
| NL Netherlands | #35 | 2,333as Robbin | 1 in 7.4K | 23K | Robin | 181 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Robyn is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of robben
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Afrikaans, ruby (gemstone)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robyn Nevinb. 1942AUAustralian actress
- Robyn Slovob. 1953GBBritish film producer
- Robyn Hitchcockb. 1953GBBritish musician
- Robyn Malcolmb. 1965NZNew Zealand actress
- Robyn Millerb. 1966USAmerican video game designer, composer, director and actor
- Robyn Livelyb. 1972USAmerican actress (born 1972)
- Robyn Griggsb. 1973USAmerican actress (1973–2022)
- Robyn Regehrb. 1980BRCanadian ice hockey player
- Robyn Lawleyb. 1989AUModella australiana
- Robyn StevanCanadian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 65 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 57K | #817 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 908 | #817 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 624 | #2,796 |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 617 | #78 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 286 | #4,052 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2019 | 194 | #26 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 150 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 112 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1974 | 96 | #85 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 80 | #48 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1984 | 47 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 38 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Robyn a male or female name?
- Robyn is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Robyn have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 million people named Robin in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- What does the name Robyn mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Robin. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Robyn?
- In the etymology graph, Roberta, Bobbie and Robbie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Robyn?
- In the United States, the national register counted 284,371 people named Robin in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Robyn compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Robyn is the 35th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Robyn?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɑbɪn/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Robyn?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/robynThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Robyn” — the 35th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.