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What do you think when you hear the name Robyn?

137 replies

Indecisive1011 · 29/10/2025 14:41

Is it well liked?

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theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 29/10/2025 21:11

SirChenjins · 29/10/2025 21:09

Robin Reliant or Batman. It feels very dated and not at all nice imo.

It's pretty popular for boys and girls right now, so deffo not dated

Moonlightfrog · 29/10/2025 21:10

Robyn for a girl
Robin for a boy

I like both

SirChenjins · 29/10/2025 21:09

Robin Reliant or Batman. It feels very dated and not at all nice imo.

Laveritas · 29/10/2025 21:09

I don’t like the sound, it feels very blunt…’Rob..and bin/byn’…neither half is very appealing to me!

Needmorelego · 29/10/2025 21:03

abracadabra1980 · 29/10/2025 20:40

Why call your little girl a boys name…

It's been unisex for decades.

HugoYorway · 29/10/2025 20:52

Banks

TheFormidableMrsC · 29/10/2025 20:50

I know two Robyn’s, both older women and absolutely wonderful, feisty ladies.

frecklejuice · 29/10/2025 20:46

A really hard work little boy I know!

FunnyOrca · 29/10/2025 20:45

If I hear it, I think Robin and boy, but if I saw it written with the y, I would assume girl. It’s not my taste, but I think it’s a nice enough name.

BurntBroccoli · 29/10/2025 20:44

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 29/10/2025 20:42

Lively and sweet

I like it, but prefer the spelling Robin, Robyn is a bit of a weird 70s spelling. I think it's an establish unisex name like Rowan or Alex and doesn't really need a random letter swap to feminise it

I think I prefer the Robyn spelling for a girl.

BurntBroccoli · 29/10/2025 20:43

Very pretty.

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 29/10/2025 20:42

Lively and sweet

I like it, but prefer the spelling Robin, Robyn is a bit of a weird 70s spelling. I think it's an establish unisex name like Rowan or Alex and doesn't really need a random letter swap to feminise it

abracadabra1980 · 29/10/2025 20:40

Why call your little girl a boys name…

Bbq1 · 29/10/2025 20:40

Confusedmermaid1 · 29/10/2025 15:04

My other names have all been rejected by DH at the moment 😂 not sure if Robyn is a bit of an outlier because it’s sentimental for us both but other names I love are
Hazel
Sylvie/Sylvia
Lillith
Genevieve

Love Sylvia /sylvie, so pretty!

CoffeeBeansGalore · 29/10/2025 20:39

Apparently I would have been Robin if I was a boy. Really wished my parents had gone with Robyn for me. Far prefer it to the name I was saddled with!

OverDram · 29/10/2025 20:33

Those birds on cheap Christmas cards

Pranksters · 29/10/2025 20:32

I don’t like it at all. It just makes me think of some poor drippy child. Not helped that the only Robyn I vaguely know does an activity with my DC and every week seems to be ill with some affliction or another.

UtterlyOtterly · 29/10/2025 19:43

I think of the adorable and feisty granddaughter of a friend of mine.

Aurora2023 · 29/10/2025 19:35

Love it. Elizabeth 1st alleged love interest Robert Dudley was given the affectionate name Robin by her. Apparently. So whenever I hear this as a name I think of a strong suitor being all windswept and romantic. Probably just me. But lovely for boy or girl in my view.

Elbowpatch · 29/10/2025 19:34

Of a cousin of mine. 1960s.

Tiswa · 29/10/2025 19:34

A character from How I met your mother (which DS absolutely loves) and the strike books

though a previous PP has reminded me of Chalet School books

OSTMusTisNT · 29/10/2025 19:30

It's ok, just.

The only Robyn I knew was a young girl in our Brownie group mid 1980's. Always seemed a very sickly looking child, no energy or vibrancy about her so not one I would choose.

Purplecatshopaholic · 29/10/2025 19:25

Robyn for a girl is lovely. Funnily enough I don’t like Robin for a boy at all.

user2848502016 · 29/10/2025 19:13

I don’t like it for a girl, but do like Robin for a boy

Marypoppinsisnosaint · 29/10/2025 19:06

My DD is a Robyn, born at Christmas so she's our little Christmas Robyn. We didn't know the gender when I was pregnant so wanted a unisex name however I now can't imagine it being a boys name 🤣

I'm biased, I love the name 😁