Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 Robyn
/ROB · in/
Meaning
“Red-breast”
Medieval Welsh and English variant of Robin, a diminutive of Robert from Germanic hrod (fame) and beraht (bright); the -yn spelling became the preferred feminine form in the UK and Australia.
Nicknames
rob
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1970s-80s in the UK; the -yn spelling signals that era but is not harshly dated.
The cultural moment.
Top 100 in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s; declining since but holding on through Robyn Hitchcock and Robyn (the Swedish pop star).