# Roberta > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roberta > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roberta.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta > Source revision: 1345106455 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Roberta (disambiguation)](/source/Roberta_(disambiguation)). **Roberta** is a feminine version of the given names [Robert](/source/Robert) and [Roberto](/source/Roberto). It is a Germanic name derived from the stems *hrod meaning "famous", "glorious", "godlike" and *berht meaning "bright", "shining", "light".[1] ## People with the name - [Roberta Achtenberg](/source/Roberta_Achtenberg) (born 1950), American attorney - [Roberta Acioly](/source/Roberta_Acioly) (born 1978), Brazilian politician - [Roberta Alaimo](/source/Roberta_Alaimo) (born 1979), Italian politician - [Roberta Alenius](/source/Roberta_Alenius) (born 1978), Swedish politician - [Roberta Alexander](/source/Roberta_Alexander) (1949–2025), American operatic soprano - [Roberta Allen](/source/Roberta_Allen) (born 1945), American conceptual artist - [Roberta Amadeo](/source/Roberta_Amadeo) (born 1970), Italian para-cyclist - [Roberta Anastase](/source/Roberta_Anastase) (born 1976), Romanian politician - [Roberta Joan Anderson](/source/Roberta_Joan_Anderson) (born 1943), birth name of Canadian–American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell - [Roberta Angelilli](/source/Roberta_Angelilli) (born 1965), Italian politician - [Roberta Annan](/source/Roberta_Annan) (born 1982), Ghanaian investor and philanthropist - [Roberta Arnold](/source/Roberta_Arnold) (1896–1966), American stage and silent film actress - [Roberta A. Ballard](/source/Roberta_A._Ballard), American pediatrician - [Roberta Baskin](/source/Roberta_Baskin), American journalist and non-profit director - [Roberta Bayley](/source/Roberta_Bayley), American photographer - [Roberta Bianconi](/source/Roberta_Bianconi) (born 1989), Italian water polo player - [Roberta Bitgood](/source/Roberta_Bitgood) (1908–2007), American organist, choir director and classical composer - [Roberta Bonanomi](/source/Roberta_Bonanomi) (born 1966), Italian road racing cyclist - [Roberta Bondar](/source/Roberta_Bondar) (born 1945), Canadian astronaut - [Roberta Brunet](/source/Roberta_Brunet) (born 1965), Italian athlete - [Roberta Bruni](/source/Roberta_Bruni) (born 1994), Italian pole vaulter - [Roberta Byrd Barr](/source/Roberta_Byrd_Barr) (1919–1993), American civil rights activist, educator and librarian - [Roberta Capua](/source/Roberta_Capua) (born 1968), Italian television host, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder - [Roberta Close](/source/Roberta_Close) (born 1964), Brazilian fashion model - [Roberta Colindrez](/source/Roberta_Colindrez), Mexican–American actress and playwright - [Roberta Collins](/source/Roberta_Collins) (1944–2008), American actress - [Roberta F. Colman](/source/Roberta_F._Colman) (1938–2019), American biochemist - [Roberta Cordano](/source/Roberta_Cordano) (born 1963), American lawyer - [Roberta Cowing](/source/Roberta_Cowing) (1860–1924), American artist and scientific illustrator - [Roberta Crenshaw](/source/Roberta_Crenshaw) (1914–2005), American civic leader and philanthropist - [Roberta Dapunt](/source/Roberta_Dapunt) (born 1970), Italian poet - [Roberta Degnore](/source/Roberta_Degnore) (born 1946), American author, filmmaker and psychologist - [Roberta Del Core](/source/Roberta_Del_Core) (born 1964), Italian rower - [Roberta Dodd Crawford](/source/Roberta_Dodd_Crawford) (1897–1954), American lyric soprano - [Roberta Donnay](/source/Roberta_Donnay) (born 1966), American jazz singer - [Roberta Dunbar](/source/Roberta_Dunbar), American clubwoman and peace activist - [Roberta Eike](/source/Roberta_Eike), American oceanographer and marine geologist - [Roberta Einer](/source/Roberta_Einer), Estonian fashion designer - [Roberta Faccani](/source/Roberta_Faccani) (born 1968), Italian singer and actress - [Roberta Faccin](/source/Roberta_Faccin) (born 1957), Italian basketball player - [Roberta Farinelli](/source/Roberta_Farinelli) (born 1975), Italian swimmer - [Roberta Farrell](/source/Roberta_Farrell), American–New Zealand biotechnologist - [Roberta M. Feldman](/source/Roberta_M._Feldman), American architect and professor - [Roberta Felotti](/source/Roberta_Felotti) (born 1964), Italian swimmer - [Roberta Fernández](/source/Roberta_Fern%C3%A1ndez), Tejana novelist - [Roberta Fiandino](/source/Roberta_Fiandino) (born 1985), Italian biathlete - [Roberta Findlay](/source/Roberta_Findlay) (born 1948), American filmmaker - [Roberta Flack](/source/Roberta_Flack) (1937–2025), American jazz and folk singer - [Roberta Floris](/source/Roberta_Floris) (born 1979), Italian journalist, television presenter and former model - [Roberta Foster](/source/Roberta_Foster), Barbadian dressage rider - [Roberta Fox](/source/Roberta_Fox) (1943–2009), American attorney and politician - [Roberta Freeman](/source/Roberta_Freeman), American singer - [Roberta Fulbright](/source/Roberta_Fulbright) (1874–1953), American businesswoman - [Roberta Gale](/source/Roberta_Gale) (1914–2008), American actress - [Roberta Gambarini](/source/Roberta_Gambarini), Italian jazz singer - [Roberta Geddes-Harvey](/source/Roberta_Geddes-Harvey) (1849–1930), Canadian choirmaster, composer and organist - [Roberta Gellis](/source/Roberta_Gellis) (1927–2016), American writer - [Roberta Gemma](/source/Roberta_Gemma) (born 1980), Italian pornographic actress - [Roberta Gentini](/source/Roberta_Gentini) (born 1973), Italian equestrian - [Roberta Geremicca](/source/Roberta_Geremicca) (born 1984), Italian actress - [Roberta Gilchrist](/source/Roberta_Gilchrist) (born 1965), Canadian archaeologist - [Roberta González](/source/Roberta_Gonz%C3%A1lez), French painter - [Roberta Gottlieb](/source/Roberta_Gottlieb), American academic and oncologist - [Roberta Gregory](/source/Roberta_Gregory) (born 1953), American comic book writer and artist - [Roberta Groner](/source/Roberta_Groner) (born 1978), American long-distance runner - [Roberta Gropper](/source/Roberta_Gropper) (1897–1993), German political activist - [Roberta Grossman](/source/Roberta_Grossman) (born 1959), American filmmaker - [Roberta Guaspari](/source/Roberta_Guaspari) (born 1947), American violinist and music educator - [Roberta Guerrina](/source/Roberta_Guerrina), English political scientist - [Roberta Hamme](/source/Roberta_Hamme), Canadian chemical oceanographer - [Roberta Hanley](/source/Roberta_Hanley), American actress and director - [Roberta Haynes](/source/Roberta_Haynes) (1927–2019), American actress - [Roberta L. Hazard](/source/Roberta_L._Hazard) (1934–2017), American Navy officer - [Roberta Helmer](/source/Roberta_Helmer) (1950–2018), American romance author - [Roberta Hill Whiteman](/source/Roberta_Hill_Whiteman) (born 1947), Oneida poet - [Roberta Hodes](/source/Roberta_Hodes) (1927–2021), American film producer and script supervisor - [Roberta Hoskie](/source/Roberta_Hoskie), American real estate broker - [Roberta Howett](/source/Roberta_Howett) (born 1981), Irish singer - [Roberta Hubley](/source/Roberta_Hubley) (born 1941), Canadian politician - [Roberta M. Humphreys](/source/Roberta_M._Humphreys) (born 1944), American observational stellar astrophysicist - [Roberta Hyson](/source/Roberta_Hyson), American actress and dancer - [Roberta Invernizzi](/source/Roberta_Invernizzi) (born 1966), Italian soprano and music teacher - [Roberta Jamieson](/source/Roberta_Jamieson), Canadian First Nations activist and lawyer - [Roberta Frances Johnson](/source/Roberta_Frances_Johnson) (1902–1988), American mathematician - [Roberta Jull](/source/Roberta_Jull) (1872–1961), Scottish–Australian medical doctor - [Roberta Kalechofsky](/source/Roberta_Kalechofsky) (1931–2022), American feminist, writer and animal rights activist - [Roberta Kaplan](/source/Roberta_Kaplan) (born 1966), American lawyer and co-founder of [Time's Up Legal Defense Fund](/source/Time's_Up_Legal_Defense_Fund) - [Roberta Karmel](/source/Roberta_Karmel) (1937–2024), American attorney - [Roberta Kelly](/source/Roberta_Kelly) (born 1942), American gospel singer - [Roberta Kerr](/source/Roberta_Kerr) (born 1952), English actress - [Roberta Kevelson](/source/Roberta_Kevelson) (1931–1998), American academic and semiotician - [Roberta Klatzky](/source/Roberta_Klatzky) (born 1947), American psychology professor - [Roberta Knie](/source/Roberta_Knie) (1938–2017), American dramatic soprano - [Roberta Lange](/source/Roberta_Lange) (born 1957), American politician - [Roberta Lannes](/source/Roberta_Lannes) (born 1948), American horror writer - [Roberta Lanzarotti](/source/Roberta_Lanzarotti) (born 1968), Italian swimmer - [Roberta Latow](/source/Roberta_Latow) (1931–2003), American erotic author, gallery owner and interior designer - [Roberta Lawson](/source/Roberta_Lawson) (1878–1940), Lenape activist, musician and community organizer - [Roberta Leigh](/source/Roberta_Leigh) (1926–2014), English author, composer and television producer - [Roberta Lepper](/source/Roberta_Lepper) (born 1978), Fijian sailor - [Roberta Lima](/source/Roberta_Lima) (born 1974), Brazilian–Austrian video and performance artist - [Roberta Linn](/source/Roberta_Linn) (born 1931), American singer - [Roberta Lobeira Alanís](/source/Roberta_Lobeira_Alan%C3%ADs) (born 1979), Mexican painter and visual artist - [Roberta Lombardi](/source/Roberta_Lombardi) (born 1973), Italian politician - [Roberta MacAdams](/source/Roberta_MacAdams) (1880–1959), Canadian politician and military dietician - [Roberta MacGlashan](/source/Roberta_MacGlashan), American politician - [Roberta Mancino](/source/Roberta_Mancino) (born 1980), Italian skydiver and wingsuit flyer - [Roberta Marques](/source/Roberta_Marques) (born 1968), Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter - [Roberta Marquez](/source/Roberta_Marquez), Brazilian ballet dancer - [Roberta Marrero](/source/Roberta_Marrero) (born 1972), Spanish actress and singer - [Roberta Marinelli](/source/Roberta_Marinelli), American oceanographer - [Roberta Martin](/source/Roberta_Martin) (1907–1969), American gospel composer, singer, pianist, arranger, and choral organizer - [Roberta Marzani](/source/Roberta_Marzani) (born 1996), Italian fencer - [Roberta Materi](/source/Roberta_Materi) (born 1975), Canadian curler - [Roberta Maxwell](/source/Roberta_Maxwell) (born 1941), Canadian actress - [Roberta McCain](/source/Roberta_McCain) (1912–2020), American socialite and oil heiress - [Roberta McCallum](/source/Roberta_McCallum) (born 1958), American tennis player - [Roberta McRae](/source/Roberta_McRae) (born 1948), Italian–Australian politician - [Roberta Metsola](/source/Roberta_Metsola) (born 1979), Maltese politician and President of the European Union Parliament - [Roberta Michnick Golinkoff](/source/Roberta_Michnick_Golinkoff), American academic and author - [Roberta Millstein](/source/Roberta_Millstein), American philosophy professor - [Roberta Miranda](/source/Roberta_Miranda) (born 1956), Brazilian singer - Roberta Monaldini, Sammarinese road cyclist - [Roberta Moretti Avery](/source/Roberta_Moretti_Avery) (born 1985), Brazilian cricketer - [Roberta Morris Purdee](/source/Roberta_Morris_Purdee), American documentarian and film producer - [Roberta Naas](/source/Roberta_Naas) (born 1958), American author and journalist - [Roberta J. Nichols](/source/Roberta_J._Nichols) (1931–2005), American engineer - [Roberta O'Brien](/source/Roberta_O'Brien), Irish Navy officer - [Roberta Panara](/source/Roberta_Panara) (born 1984), Italian swimmer - [Roberta Pedranzini](/source/Roberta_Pedranzini) (born 1971), Italian ski mountaineer - [Roberta Pelosi](/source/Roberta_Pelosi) (born 1960), Italian sport shooter - [Roberta Peters](/source/Roberta_Peters) (1930–2017), American coloratura soprano - [Roberta Piket](/source/Roberta_Piket) (born 1965), American jazz pianist, organist, arranger and composer - [Roberta Pinotti](/source/Roberta_Pinotti) (born 1961), Italian politician - [Roberta Rabellotti](/source/Roberta_Rabellotti), Italian economics professor - [Roberta Ratzke](/source/Roberta_Ratzke) (born 1990), Brazilian volleyball player - [Roberta L. Raymond](/source/Roberta_L._Raymond) (1938–2019), American actress and sociologist - [Roberta Rees](/source/Roberta_Rees) (born 1954), Canadian poet and writer - [Roberta Richman](/source/Roberta_Richman) (born 1941), American painter, printmaker and corrections administrator - [Roberta Rodeghiero](/source/Roberta_Rodeghiero) (born 1990), Italian figure skater - [Roberta Rodrigues](/source/Roberta_Rodrigues) (born 1982), Brazilian actress and singer - [Roberta Rogow](/source/Roberta_Rogow) (born 1942), American fanfiction writer - [Roberta Romano](/source/Roberta_Romano), American law professor - [Roberta Rosenthal Kwall](/source/Roberta_Rosenthal_Kwall), American law professor - [Roberta Rudnick](/source/Roberta_Rudnick) (born 1958), American geologist and professor - [Roberta Sá](/source/Roberta_S%C3%A1), also known as Roberta de Sá, a Brazilian singer - [Roberta Seelinger Trites](/source/Roberta_Seelinger_Trites) (born 1962), American English Literature professor - [Roberta Serra](/source/Roberta_Serra) (born 1970), Italian alpine skier - [Roberta Sessoli](/source/Roberta_Sessoli) (born 1963), Italian chemistry professor - [Roberta Semple Salter](/source/Roberta_Semple_Salter) (1910–2007), American evangelist, daughter of [Aimee Semple McPherson](/source/Aimee_Semple_McPherson) - [Roberta I. Shaffer](/source/Roberta_I._Shaffer) (born 1953), American attorney and librarian - [Roberta Sheffield](/source/Roberta_Sheffield) (born 1980), British-Canadian Para-equestrian - [Roberta Shepherd](/source/Roberta_Shepherd) (born 1934), Australian physiotherapist - [Roberta Sheridan](/source/Roberta_Sheridan) (1864–1918), American teacher - [Roberta Sherwood](/source/Roberta_Sherwood) (1913–1999), American singer - [Roberta Shore](/source/Roberta_Shore) (born 1943), American actress - [Roberta Sigel](/source/Roberta_Sigel) (1916–2008), American political scientist - [Roberta Silva](/source/Roberta_Silva) (born 1971), Trinidadian artist - [Roberta Sinatra](/source/Roberta_Sinatra), Italian professor and scientist - [Roberta Sklar](/source/Roberta_Sklar), American activist and theater director - [Roberta Smith](/source/Roberta_Smith) (born 1948), American art critic - [Roberta Tamondong](/source/Roberta_Tamondong) (born 2002), Filipino actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder - [Roberta Taylor](/source/Roberta_Taylor) (1948–2024), English actress and author - [Roberta Teale Swartz](/source/Roberta_Teale_Swartz) (1903–1993), American academic, poet and co-founder of the [Kenyon Review](/source/Kenyon_Review) - [Roberta Temes](/source/Roberta_Temes), American author and psychotherapist - [Roberta Thornley](/source/Roberta_Thornley) (born 1985), New Zealand photographer - [Roberta Tomber](/source/Roberta_Tomber) (1954–2022), English archaeologist - [Roberta Torre](/source/Roberta_Torre) (born 1962), Italian director and screenwriter - [Roberta Tovey](/source/Roberta_Tovey) (born 1953), English actress - [Roberta Valderrama](/source/Roberta_Valderrama) (born 1977), Peruvian actress - [Roberta Vinci](/source/Roberta_Vinci) (born 1983), Italian tennis player - [Roberta Voss](/source/Roberta_Voss) (born 1965), American politician - [Roberta Washington](/source/Roberta_Washington), American architect - [Roberta Weiss](/source/Roberta_Weiss) (born 1961), Canadian actress - [Roberta Williams](/source/Roberta_Williams) (born 1953), American video game designer and writer - [Roberta Wilson](/source/Roberta_Wilson) (1896–1977), American silent film actress - [Roberta Whyte](/source/Roberta_Whyte) (1897–1979), English Royal Air Force nursing administrator - [Roberta Wohlstetter](/source/Roberta_Wohlstetter) (1912–2007), American military historian - [Roberta Woodgate](/source/Roberta_Woodgate) (born 1956), Canadian nurse - [Roberta Zambrano](/source/Roberta_Zambrano) (born 1971), Ecuadorian politician ## Fictional characters - Roberta "Bobby" Bruna, from the fantasy novel book series *Skandar and the Unicorn Thief* by [A. F. Steadman](/source/A._F._Steadman) - Rosarita "Roberta" Cisneros, from the anime and manga series *[Black Lagoon](/source/Black_Lagoon)* - [Roberta Tubbs](/source/Roberta_Tubbs), from the animated series *The Cleveland Show* - [Rexy](/source/Rexy), also known as Roberta, from *[Jurassic Park](/source/Jurassic_Park_(franchise))* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Meaning, origin and history of the name Robert"](https://www.behindthename.com/name/robert). Name list This page or section lists people that share the same [given name](/source/Given_name). If an [internal link](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Roberta&namespace=0) led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roberta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta?action=history)). 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