Robyn

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Robin in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 18 more.

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●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Robyn is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name40K records spelled Robyn5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written R̶o̶b̶y̶n̶

• French given name9.2K records spelled Robyn4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Rôbyn, Rõbÿñ

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

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 word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Afrikaans, ruby (gemstone)

  as a word·kaikki.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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 100 years between 1921–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 800 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Robyn?

We estimate roughly 360 thousand people bear Robyn (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Robyn have the most bearers?

Robyn is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled robin.

Where is Robyn most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Robyn is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 331 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Robyn compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Robyn is the 114th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

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.

What does the name Robyn mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Robin.