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Robert vs Richard - What's the difference?

robert | richard |

As proper nouns the difference between robert and richard

is that robert is (label) , equivalent to french and english (robert) while richard is cognate to richard.

robert

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * : Act I, Scene I:
    • My brother Robert'? Old Sir ' Robert' s son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?
  • * 1984 , Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir , Mariner Books, 2005, ISBN 0618509631, page 93
    • I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert' Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the '''Robert''' came from me because I liked the sound. '''Robert''' was formal, dignified, important. ' Robert . And that was nearly as nice as as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.

    • Usage notes

    * One of the most common English given names since the Norman Conquest.

    Related terms

    * pet forms: Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rabbie (Scotland), Rob, Robbie, Robby * variants: Robin, Rupert * feminine forms: Roberta, Robin, Robyn (surnames) * Dabb * Dabbs * Dabinett * Dabson * Dobb * Dobbie * Dobbin * Dobbing * Dobbins * Dobbinson * Dobbs * Dobby * Dobbyn * Dobie * Dobing * Dobinson * Dobkin * Dobson * Dopson * Hob * Hobb * Hobbes * Hobbins * Hobbis * Hobbs * Hoblyn * Hobson * Hopkin * Hopkins * Hopkinson * Hopson * Nobb * Nobbs * Nobes * Probert * Probin * Probyn * Rab * Rabb * Rabbitt * Rabson * Rapson * Rob * Robarts * Robb * Robbens * Robbie * Robbin * Robbins * Robbs * Roberson * Roberts * Robertson * Robeson * Robey * Robin * Robins * Robinson * Robison * Roblett * Roblin * Robson * Roby

    richard

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • .
  • * ~1593 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene II :
    • What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard' loves ' Richard ; that is, I am I.
  • * 1629 , , Meditations upon Creed'', ''The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) , volume 3, page 212:
    • But we have known Williams and Richards , names not found in sacred story, but familiar to our country, prove as gracious saints as any Safe deliverance'', ''Fight the good fight of faith , or such like,
  • * 1985 , , Pride , ISBN 0394536363, page 97:
    • I'd love to live in our castle. First I'd change my name from Dickie to Richard . That's my real name and it's a good king name. I don't like being called Dickie anyway, and I don't want to be Dick Junior either because everybody starts calling you Junior. What I'd like to be called is Rich but I don't know how to start people doing it.

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