Roberts ( surname ) - wikipedia Roberts ( surname ) Jump to : navigation , search Roberts is a surname of Norman origin , deriving from the Norman given name Robert , meaning `` bright renown '' -- from the Germanic elements `` hrod '' meaning renown and `` beraht '' meaning bright . Roberts may mean either `` servant of Robert '' or `` son of Robert '' ; the latter is more common in Wales , while the former is more common in England . Although the name Robert was known in the British isles before the Norman Conquest in 1066 , it was mainly introduced into Britain by the Normans . Today the surname Roberts is common in England , Wales , Ireland and the Isle of Man , with the biggest concentration by far occurring in North Wales . The name is also common in Scotland . Contents ( hide ) 1 People 2 Fictional characters 3 See also 4 Notes People ( edit ) Main article : List of people with surname Roberts Fictional characters ( edit ) Audrey Roberts , television series character from Coronation Street Barbara Millicent Roberts , doll known as Barbie Dread Pirate Roberts , a character in The Princess Bride Irene Roberts , television series character from Home and Away Skipper Roberts , doll known as Skipper Summer Roberts , television series character from The O.C. Tutti and Todd Roberts , dolls known as Tutti and Todd Renée Roberts , English dubbed name for Zakuro Fujiwara in Tokyo Mew Mew See also ( edit ) Robert ( surname ) Robertson ( disambiguation ) Roberts ( disambiguation ) Robarts ( disambiguation ) Robards Notes ( edit ) Jump up ^ Vanderpool Gormley , C.G. , Myra ( 2007 ) . `` How Green Was My Valley ? The Welsh : Surnames and Migrations '' . GenealogyMagazine.com . Stephenville , Texas , USA : Datatrace Systems . Archived from the original on 2008 - 09 - 19 . Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 08 . Jump up ^ Cottle , Basil . Penguin Dictionary of Surnames . Baltimore , MD : Penguin Books , 1967 . No ISBN . Jump up ^ Hanks , Patricia and Hodges , Flavia. 1990 . A Dictionary of Surnames . Oxford University Press , Oxford . Surname list This page lists people with the surname Roberts . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page , you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link . Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roberts_(surname)&oldid=835425455 '' Categories : Surnames Welsh - language surnames Patronymic surnames Hidden categories : Disambiguation pages with short description All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Slovenščina Edit links This page was last edited on 8 April 2018 , at 17 : 06 . About Wikipedia 
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Roberts is a surname of Norman origin , deriving from the Norman given name Robert , meaning `` bright renown '' -- from the Germanic elements `` hrod '' meaning renown and `` beraht '' meaning bright . Roberts may mean either `` servant of Robert '' or `` son of Robert '' ; the latter is more common in Wales , while the former is more common in England . Although the name Robert was known in the British isles before the Norman Conquest in 1066 , it was mainly introduced into Britain by the Normans . Today the surname Roberts is common in England , Wales , Ireland and the Isle of Man , with the biggest concentration by far occurring in North Wales . The name is also common in Scotland . Audrey Roberts , television series character from Coronation Street Barbara Millicent Roberts , doll known as Barbie Dread Pirate Roberts , a character in The Princess Bride Irene Roberts , television series character from Home and Away Skipper Roberts , doll known as Skipper Summer Roberts , television series character from The O.C. Tutti and Todd Roberts , dolls known as Tutti and Todd Renée Roberts , English dubbed name for Zakuro Fujiwara in Tokyo Mew Mew Audrey Roberts , television series character from Coronation Street Barbara Millicent Roberts , doll known as Barbie Dread Pirate Roberts , a character in The Princess Bride Irene Roberts , television series character from Home and Away Skipper Roberts , doll known as Skipper Summer Roberts , television series character from The O.C. Tutti and Todd Roberts , dolls known as Tutti and Todd Renée Roberts , English dubbed name for Zakuro Fujiwara in Tokyo Mew Mew
Norman from the Norman given name Robert, meaning "bright renown" – from the Germanic elements "hrod" meaning renown and "beraht" meaning bright. Norman origin