Boy's name
Roibeárd
“REB-ard”
IPA: /ˈɾˠɛbʲɑːɾˠd̪ˠ/
Germanic Hrothberht, 'fame-bright'
The story behind the name
One of the commonest names among the early Anglo-Norman settlers. Woulfe says it had declined until it was rather rare. The IPA here is the Connacht pronunciation recorded by Wiktionary.
Famous people with this name
- Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (born 1966) — Irish linguist
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Roibeárd on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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