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Roberts
Surname distribution for Roberts in Great Britain and the Isle of Man.
Origin
Region of originNorth Wales
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Roberts is a surname of North Welsh, deriving from the Anglo Saxon/Norman given name Robert, meaning "bright fame" – from the Germanic elements "hrod" meaning fame 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.[2][3] Although the name Robert was known in England before the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was mainly introduced into England by the Normans.[4] Today the surname Roberts is common in both England, Wales and the Isle of Man, with the biggest concentration by far occurring in North Wales. In colloquial North-Walian Welsh "Roberts" is often pronounced as "Robaits". The name is uncommon in Scotland and Ireland.

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  1. ^ Celtic Family Maps
  2. ^ Gormley, Myra Vanderpool. 2007. How Green was my Valley? The Welsh: Surnames and Migrations. http://www.genealogymagazine.com/welsh.html. Accessed 22 Oct 2008
  3. ^ Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1967. No ISBN.
  4. ^ Hanks, Patricia and Hodges, Flavia. 1990. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press, Oxford.


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