Robel
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Robel is a given name, most frequently recorded in the Philippines. In Eritrea it is the 9th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: 1. see Wrobel. 2. from HROD.
- SESweden1 in 16K◐
- DEGermany1 in 40K
- PHPhilippines1 in 58K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.3K ●
- Sources
- 185 ●
- 1 in 16K ◐
across 9 countries
24K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Röbel in DE Germany.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
1. see Wrobel. 2. from HROD
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | 2,869 | 3.8K rec. | — | — | Robel | 30 |
| DE Germany | — | 2,235 | 1.9K rec. | — | 1 | Röbel | 64 |
| US United States | — | 1,240 | 11K rec. | 1 in 268K | 1.2K | Robel | 185 |
| ER Eritrea | #9 | 685 | 26 rec. | — | 684 | Robel | 14 |
| SE Sweden | #843 | 637 | 1.1K rec. | 1 in 16K | 637 | Robel | 28 |
| PE Peru | — | 512 | 423 rec. | — | — | Robel | 22 |
| AR Argentina | — | 380 | 469 rec. | — | 12 | Robel | 25 |
| ET Ethiopia | #899 | 375 | 355 rec. | — | — | Robel | 25 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | 369 | 148 rec. | — | — | Robel | 13 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 327 | 489 rec. | — | — | Robel | 44 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 315 | 314 rec. | — | — | Robel | 8 |
| NO Norway | — | 218△ | 77 rec. | 1 in 25K | 580 | Robel | 12 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English5.9K27%
- Spanish4.1K18%
- Bangla1.7K8%
- Amharic1.4K7%
- Arabic1.4K6%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 5,929 | 27% |
| Spanish | 4,081 | 18% |
| Bangla | 1,718 | 8% |
| Amharic | 1,436 | 7% |
| Arabic | 1,419 | 6% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Robel is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In dsb, alternative form of wrobel (“sparrow”)
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.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 |
| 1986 | 5 |
| 1987 | 7 |
| 1988 | 9 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1992 | 12 |
| 1993 | 13 |
| 1994 | 17 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 16 |
| 1997 | 18 |
| 1998 | 21 |
| 1999 | 17 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2001 | 26 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 21 |
| 2005 | 22 |
| 2006 | 21 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2008 | 18 |
| 2009 | 35 |
| 2010 | 28 |
| 2011 | 23 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 21 |
| 2015 | 28 |
| 2016 | 26 |
| 2017 | 29 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 18 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2025 | 14 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 41 years between 1984–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Jan Robelb. 1889PLPolish chemist
- Léon Robelb. 1928FRFrench scientist
- Yvonne Robelb. 1977DEGerman historian
- Thomas Robelb. 1985DEGerman racing driver
- Stefanie Robelresearcher
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 52 sources across 29 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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 2026-09-12 data build · 330 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Robel?
- We estimate roughly 2.3 thousand people bear Robel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Robel have the most bearers?
- Robel is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled robel.
- How common is Robel compared with other names?
- In Eritrea, Robel is the 9th most common given name of 73 given names recorded there.
- Is Robel a male or female name?
- Robel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Robel mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. see Wrobel. 2. from HROD
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Robel” — the 9th most common given name in Eritrea. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.