'''Robbe''' is a surname. Its primary origins as a surname are from French, Frisian, Dutch and Low German, from its use as a personal name as a shortening of [[Robert]]. In French, it may also be written as Robbé. Other iterations of the surname derive from French nicknames, with Robbe or Robe referring to a robber, and Robbé or Robé referring to someone who has been robbed.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American family names |date=2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190245115 |edition=Second}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dauzat |first1=Albert |title=Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France. |date=1951 |page=523}}</ref> Notable people with the surname include:
*[[Albert Robbe]] (1916–?), Belgian boxer *[[Alice Robbe]] (born 2000), French tennis player *[[Jacques Robbe]] (1643–1721), French engineer and geographer *[[Jan Robbe]] (born 1980), Belgian musician *[[Lon Robbé]] (born 1946), Dutch painter *[[Makenzy Robbe]] (born 1994), American soccer player *[[Manuel Robbe]] (1872–1936), French painter and printmaker *[[Mario Robbe]] (born 1973), Dutch darts player *[[Michel Robbe]] (born 1946), French film and theater actor and television host *[[Scott Robbe]] (1955–2021), American film and television producer
==See also== *[[Robbe-Grillet]]
==References== {{reflist}}
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[[Category:North German surnames]] [[Category:Low German surnames]] [[Category:Dutch-language surnames]] [[Category:Surnames of Frisian origin]] [[Category:French-language surnames]]