What does Roberta mean?
Roberta /ro-ber-ta/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced roh-BER-tah. It is of Old English and Old German origin, and the meaning of Roberta is "bright fame".
Feminine of Robert. Similar to the familiar Alberta. Robbie is used occasionally for boys. Singers Roberta Peters, Roberta Flack.
Variations
Roberta▼ has 53 variants: Baubie, Berdie, Berta▼, Bertie▼, Berty, Bobbe, Bobbee, Bobbette, Bobbie▼, Bobby▼, Bobbye, Bobette, Bobi, Bobie, Bobina, Bobine, Bobinette, Reberta, Roba, Robbee, Robbey, Robbi, Robbie▼, Robby, Robeena, Robella, Robelle, Robena, Robenia, Roberda, Robernetta, Robertena, Robertene, Robertha, Robertina, Robertine, Roberto, Robetta, Robette, Robettina, Robi, Robin▼, Robina, Robinett, Robinette, Robinia, Robyn▼, Robyna, Robynna, Ruberta, Rupa, Ruperta and Rupetta.
Roberta▼ has 29 more related variations via Alberta, Robbie: Al, Albert, Albertha▼, Alberthine, Albertina, Albertine▼, Ali▼, Alie, Alli, Allie▲, Ally▼, Alverta▼, Auberta, Auberte, Aubertha, Auberthe, Aubine, Berrie, Berry, Bert, Berte, Berti, Elberta, Elbertha, Elberthina, Elberthine, Elbertina, Elbertine and Robee.
Kreatif forms: Raberta, Roberra. [more]How popular is Roberta?
Roberta is a very popular first name for females (#185 out of 4276, Top 4%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#63450 out of 150436, Top 42%). (2000 U.S. Census)
Presented below is the baby name popularity of Roberta for girls. Roberta reached its apex rank of #81 in the U.S. during 1940-1949, but is not in the list currently. (Top 1000 Birth Names Statistics, 2014)
Popular alternative forms of Roberta are Albert, Alberta, Albertha, Albertina, Albertine, Ali, Allie (#257 in 2014), Ally (#736), Alverta, Berdie, Berta, Bertie, Bobbie, Bobby, Bobbye, Robbie, Robert, Robin and Robyn. Forms like Berry are uncommon. These girl names reached the top of their popularity during the years 1930-1939 (usage of 0.3047%) and have become significantly less widespread since (usage 0.0504%, down 83.5%), with forms such as Ali, Bobby, Robbie, Robert and Roberta becoming somewhat dated. Allie (#257) is the most trendy birth name here, and there is a resurgence in birth name popularity for this name. Shown below is a comparison of the usage of Roberta and affiliated names. (Top 1000 Birth Names Statistics, 2014)