The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Feminine form of “Robert“.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Berti, Bertie, Berty, Bobbi, Bobbie, Bobby, Robertia, Robertina, Robin, Robina, Robyn, Robynne, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Roberta Zolotow, Susan’s new best friend at Camp Ava, in Sleeping Arrangements, by Laura Cunningham (published 1989, set in the 1950s).

WRITERS:
– Roberta Flack (b. 1937/39), American musician and singer-songwriter.
– Roberta Beach Jacobson (b. 1952), American editor, humorist, and journalist.
– Roberta Kalechofsky (b. 1931), American activist and writer.
– Roberta Lannes (b. 1948), American author, essayist, poet, and writer.
– Roberta Rogow (b. 1942), American author and librarian.
– Roberta Spear (1948-2003), American poet.
– Roberta Teale Swartz (1903-1993), American academic, poet, and professor.
– Roberta (Mary Morgan) Wohlstetter (1912-2007), American historian.

Tagged: 1900s, 1910s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1980s, English, Italian, R, Spanish

§ 4 Responses to Roberta

• Endangered or Extinct First Names | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  July 18, 2015 at 8:26 am

  […] Marsha, Mary, Maud, Maureen, Mildred, Muriel, Nanette, Nellie, Pamela, Phyllis, Rhoda, Rhonda, Roberta, Sandra, Sandy, Sheba, Sheryl, Sondra, Sue, Thisbe, Vickie, Wanda, Winifred, […]

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• Bobby | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  July 18, 2015 at 8:26 am

  […] ORIGIN: Diminutive of “Robert” or “Roberta“. […]

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• Berta | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  August 2, 2015 at 6:09 am

  […] Variation of “Bertha“; or a diminutive form of names like “Alberta”, “Roberta“, […]

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• Bertie | The Art of Literary Nomenclature says:

  August 2, 2015 at 6:10 am

  […] the feminine versions of these names — “Alberta”, “Bertina”, “Roberta“, […]

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