Rupert
German variant of Robert, from Old High German Hrodperht: "bright fame".
Meaning and origin
Rupert grew out of the same Old High German compound as Robert, but took a separate southern-German sound shift that turned "Hrod-" into "Ru-" and "-berht" into "-pert".
How to pronounce Rupert
| German | ROO-pairt /ˈʁuːpɐt/ |
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