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Roberta

Roberta proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Robert.

Proper noun

Roberta

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Robert.
    • It was many years before the house on Maple Street was forgotten as "The Quimby Place" and called by its now correct name of "The Carter House", and it was many years before Mrs. Carter succeeded in making Peyton Place call her "Roberta" instead of the frivolous and, to her, harlotish-sounding name...1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book Two, Chapter 7

Origin of Roberta

By surface analysis, Robert + -a.

Questions about Roberta

What does Roberta mean?
Roberta means a female given name from the Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Robert.
What part of speech is Roberta?
Roberta is a proper noun.

Words near Roberta in the dictionary

  1. Robert Lee
  2. Robert's Rules of Order
  3. Robert's your father's brother
  4. Robert's your mother's brother
  5. Robert's your uncle
  6. Roberta
  7. Robertian
  8. Robertians
  9. Robertine
  10. Robertines
  11. Roberts

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