Robena
Feminine · “A feminine of Robert”
Robena is Robina written with an e, the Scottish way of making a girl's name from Robert. The same Robin gave its name to a tree genus, and one of those trees is said to be the oldest in Paris.
How old is the name Robena?
Robena first appears in US birth records in 1897 — 128 years ago. The typical Robena alive today was born around 1925, making them about 100 years old. About 100 people named Robena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Robena most popular?
Robena peaked in 1898, reaching #1379 nationally. See the whole 1898 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Robert to Robena
The story of Robena
Scottish families made daughters' names from Robin by adding -a or -ina, and Robena is Robina with its middle vowel written e, perhaps to settle how it was said. Jean Robin, gardener to the kings of France, raised seeds of the North American black locust, and Linnaeus later named the genus Robinia after him and his son; a locust planted in Paris in the early seventeenth century, propped up now with concrete, is often called the oldest tree in the city.
Meaning
A feminine of Robert, 'bright fame', through Robina
Robina is a Scottish feminine of Robin, the pet form of Robert. Robena writes the middle vowel with an e.
How the name formed
- Robert
- Robin
- Robina
- Robena
Related forms: Robina · Roberta
Pronouncing Robena
roh-BEE-nuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Robena
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1897
- Most girls named
- 192029 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1379reached in 1898
- Change vs 1964
- −37.5%5 in 1974, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Robena in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Robina in Scottish — spelling variant
- Roberta in English — related form
Robenas among us
people named Robena are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Robena sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A real Scottish tradition behind it.
- Almost certain to be the only one.
- Comes with Robbie as a ready pet form.
- People will write Robina or Rowena.
- It reads as a name of a much earlier generation.
- The spelling will need explaining.
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Frequently asked
- How many Robenas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Robena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Robena in 2025?
- Robena is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Robena with classmates?
- Robena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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