# Robbe (surname)

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**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](/source/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.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:

- [Albert Robbe](/source/Albert_Robbe) (1916–?), Belgian boxer

- [Alice Robbe](/source/Alice_Robbe) (born 2000), French tennis player

- [Jacques Robbe](/source/Jacques_Robbe) (1643–1721), French engineer and geographer

- [Jan Robbe](/source/Jan_Robbe) (born 1980), Belgian musician

- [Lon Robbé](/source/Lon_Robb%C3%A9) (born 1946), Dutch painter

- [Makenzy Robbe](/source/Makenzy_Robbe) (born 1994), American soccer player

- [Manuel Robbe](/source/Manuel_Robbe) (1872–1936), French painter and printmaker

- [Mario Robbe](/source/Mario_Robbe) (born 1973), Dutch darts player

- [Michel Robbe](/source/Michel_Robbe) (born 1946), French film and theater actor and television host

- [Scott Robbe](/source/Scott_Robbe) (1955–2021), American film and television producer

## See also

- [Robbe-Grillet](/source/Robbe-Grillet)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *Dictionary of American family names* (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. 2022. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780190245115](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780190245115).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Dauzat, Albert (1951). *Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France*. p. 523.

Surname list
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