| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 25.1 | | 15521::ROBERT | Please, make them go away! | Fri Jul 25 1986 16:17 | 2 |
| Robin is a diminutive of Robert, analyzed in a previous note. It
means "Bright fame."
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| 25.2 | | 33993::HEFFEL | Tracey Heffelfinger | Mon Jul 28 1986 20:47 | 4 |
| Or of Roberta, with the same meaning.
tlh
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| 25.3 | -< Rob/ert/erta/in/yn....etcetera >- | 42120::BATE | | Tue Jul 29 1986 11:29 | 12 |
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Yes, ROBYN is the female version of Robin, which in itself
is a derivative of Robert.
The name LYN spelt this way is, in Wales at least, a male
name. (Anyone remember the longjumper Lyn Davies, Olympic Gold
Medal winner, Tokyo 1968 ... set a world record at the time of
27 feet and something or other.)
By the way, I'm not Welsh, but English with global interests!
Bob
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| 25.4 | robin | GIGI::TRACY | | Tue Jul 29 1986 15:32 | 2 |
| But Robin (with an i) is not necessarily only a male name. In fact,
I only personally know of women (or girls) with the name Robin.
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| 25.5 | robin | 17870::KULP | | Wed Jul 30 1986 08:37 | 11 |
| Having lived with the name for 35 years now, I can say I've always
been happy with it. People do sometimes try to spell it Robyn,
which I always felt was silly, kinda too frilly or something. When
I was a child I did occasionally have trouble with it. I was once
asked to join the Boy Scouts, which would probably have caused a
stir back then! I think part of the reason for that was my middle
name, which is Gale. That is really the male spelling. I always
wished my mother had spelled it Gail which I like better. She
always teased me about it being a big wind. I never appreciated
that. I do know one male named Robin too, by the way.
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| 25.6 | When I was just a child... | NCMWVX::WARRENS | | Fri Sep 12 1986 22:39 | 13 |
| When I was a kid, one summer I won a city-wide torunament for
something.
I was interviewed for the local rag, and was asked my name and
spelling. I was into different names then so I said that my name
was Robin Warrens. It got printed that way.
When my parents read it in the paper (with no prompting from me
- a slightly sheepish child) they said the paper spelled my name
incoorectly. I had to tell them that that was my name now.
They REALLY didn't like that. I wasn't Robin long.
Randy
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| 25.7 | Another Robin | LOOKUP::PRUETT | | Mon Aug 31 1987 13:27 | 3 |
| My sister's name is Robin Rose.....Definitly a girl's name. And
guess what, she has red hair too!
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| 25.8 | Another Robyn, another Gale | MSD36::STHILAIRE | 1 step up & 2 steps back | Wed Mar 02 1988 08:10 | 5 |
| My daughter's two best friends since kindergarten are twin sisters
named Robyn and Liegh (both spelled just that way).
Re .5, one of my cousin's name is Gale and she's female.
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| 25.9 | Robin is a mans name (traditionally) | WLDWST::GRIBBEN | | Thu Jul 07 1988 15:41 | 8 |
| My name is Robin also....But I spell mine Robbin...I am a woman,my
father is Irish and my mother and myself are Canadian. And when
I went back home (Ireland) for a visit and was asked my name...They
would all laugh Because Robin is traditionally a mans name....I
love my name...And by my parents spelling it with two "b's" makes
it very unique....
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