{{Infobox given name | name = Rupert | image = Prince Rupert, Count Palatine by Sir Peter Lely.jpg | caption = [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] | gender = Male | meaning = fame-bright, glory-bright, shining with glory, godlike-bright | region = [[Western Europe]] | origin = [[Low German]] | cognate = [[Robert]] | related names = | footnotes = }}
'''Rupert''' is an English truncation of Latin ''Rupertus'', which derives from [[Old High German]] ''Hruodoperht/Hruodoberht'' which are also the source of the name [[Robert]]. Thus, "Rupert" and "Robert" are different modern forms of the same name. The Old High German form of the name evolved from [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] Hrothi, "fame, glory, renown, honour, godlike"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/HROD | title=HROD - Nordic Names }}</ref> + Berht, "bright"; thus, Rupert and Robert mean "fame bright". {{TOC right}}
==Given name== ===A–P=== * Saint [[Rupert of Bingen]] * [[Rupert Boneham]] (born 1964), American multi-time ''Survivor'' contestant * [[Rupert Brooke]] (1887–1915), English poet * [[Rupert Bunny]] (1864–1947), Australian painter * [[Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon]] (1907–1928), great-grandson of Queen Victoria * [[Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington]] (1852–1929), English Liberal MP and soldier * [[Rupert Carington, 5th Baron Carrington]] (1891–1938), English peer, father of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, former UK Foreign Secretary * [[Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington]] (born 1948), English businessman, son of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, former UK Foreign Secretary * [[Rupert Cawthorne]] (1879–1965), English professional footballer * [[Rupert Davies]] (1916–1976), English actor * [[Rupert Evans]] (born 1977), English actor * [[Rupert Everett]] (born 1959), English actor * [[Rupert Friend]] (born 1981), English actor * [[Rupert Gould]] (1890-1948), lieutenant-commander in the British Royal Navy, scientist, author and radio personality * [[Rupert Graves]] (born 1963), English actor * [[Rupert Gregson-Williams]], movie score composer * [[Rupert Grint]] (born 1988), English actor * [[Rupert Gwynne]] (1873–1924), English Conservative Party politician and MP * [[Rupert Price Hallowes]] (1881–1915), World War I Victoria Cross recipient * [[Rupert Hine]] (1947-2020), British Musician, Record Producer * [[Rupert Holmes]] (born 1947), British-American composer, singer-songwriter, musician, dramatist and author. * [[Rupert Jeffcoat]] (born 1970), Scottish musician * [[Rupert Keegan]] (born 1955), English Formula One driver * [[Rupert, King of Germany]] (German: ''Ruprecht'') (1352–1410), German King * Blessed [[Rupert Mayer]] (1876–1945) * [[Rupert Moon]] Welsh rugby international player * [[Rupert Murdoch]] (born 1931), Australian-American media magnate * [[Rupert Penry-Jones]] (born 1970), English actor * [[Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley]] (born 1957), British hereditary peer, Member of the House of Lords
===R–S=== * [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] (1619–1682), soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century, one of the principal commanders of [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]], [[First English Civil War]] and [[Battle of Marston Moor]] * [[Rupert Richardson]] (1930-2008), American Civil Rights activist * Saint [[Rupert of Salzburg]] * [[Rupert Sanders]] (born 1971), English film director * [[Rupert Sandilands]] 1868–1946), English international footballer * [[Rupert Schenk]] (born 2001), German bobsledder * [[Rupert Scholz]] (born 1937), German politician who served as 9th Minister of Defence of Germany * [[Rupert Sheldrake]] (born 1942), English professor, biologist and lecturer *[[Rupert Shephard]] (1909–1992), English painter, illustrator and art teacher *[[Rupert Shoobridge]] (1883–1962), Australian politician *[[Rupert Shrive]] (born 1965), English artist *[[Rupert Simonian]] (born 1991), British actor with Canadian dual citizenship *[[Rupert Sloman]] (1890–1951), New Zealand cricketer *[[Rupert de Smidt]] (1883–1986), South African cricketer *[[Rupert Smith]], KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE, QGM (born 1943), British Army officer, author of ''The Utility of Force'' *[[Rupert Smith (American football)]] (1897–1959), American football and baseball player *[[Rupert Smith (novelist)]], American-born English author *[[Rupert Soames]] OBE (born 1959), British businessman, CEO of the outsourcing company Serco *[[Rupert Speir]] (1910–1998), British Conservative Party politician and MP *[[Rupert Spira]], English studio potter *[[Rupert Stadler]] (born 1963), German business executive and chairman of the Vorstand (CEO) of Audi AG *[[Charles Rupert Stockard]] (1879–1939), American anatomist and zoologist *[[Rupert Gordon Strutt]] (1912–1985), the Anglican Bishop of Stockport from 1965 to 1984 *[[Rupert Max Stuart]] (1932–2014), Indigenous Australian convicted of murder in 1959
===T–Z=== *[[Rupert Taylor]] (born 1958), professor of political studies in Johannesburg *[[J. Rupert Thompson]] (born 1964), director and producer of reality television *[[Rupert Thomson]] FRSL (born 1955), English author *[[Rupert Thorneloe]], MBE (1969–2009), British Army officer killed in action in Afghanistan *[[Timothy Rupert Thorogood]] (born 1962), Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands 2008–2012 *[[Rupert von Trapp]] (1911–1992), eldest son of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp *[[Rupert Trimmingham]] (1899–1985), corporal in the United States Army Corps of Engineers during World War II *[[Wallace Rupert Turnbull]] (1870–1954), New Brunswick engineer and inventor *[[Rupert Vansittart]] (born 1958), English character actor *[[Rupert Wagner]], German sprint canoeist *[[Rupert Wainwright]] (born 1961), English film and TV director, writer, and actor *[[Rupert Webb]] (1922–2018), English cricketer *[[Rupert Wegerif]] (born 1959), Professor of Education at the University of Exeter in England *[[Rupert Weinstabl]] (1911–1953), Austrian sprint canoeist *[[Rupert Mearse Wells]] (1835–1902), speaker of the Legislature of Ontario *[[Rupert Wertheim]] (1893–1933), Australian tennis player *[[Rupert Whitaker]] (born 1963), psychiatrist, immunologist, patient-advocate *[[Rupert Wilson Wigmore]], PC (1873–1939), Canadian politician *[[Rupert Wildt]] (1905–1976), German-American astronomer *[[Rupert Wilkinson]] (1938–2014), British historian *[[Rupert Williamson (furniture designer)]] (born 1945), furniture designer *[[Rupert Wills]] (born 1993), Australian rules footballer *[[Rupert Wingfield-Hayes]] (born 1967), British journalist *[[Rupert Worker]] (1896–1989), played first-class cricket in New Zealand *[[Rupert Wyatt]] (born 1972), English screenwriter, director, and producer *[[Rupert Young]] (born 1978), English actor
==Surname== * The [[Rupert family]], a billionaire family from Stellenbosch, South Africa or members of that family: **[[Anton Rupert]] (1916–2006) **[[Johann Rupert]] (born 1950), son of Anton Rupert *[[Bob Rupert]] (born 1931), former college basketball head coach *[[David Rupert]] (born 1951), former American FBI/British intelligence agent *[[Franke Rupert]] (1888–1971), Austrian graphic and engraver *[[G. G. Rupert]] (1847–1922), American Adventist pastor and writer *[[Jeff Rupert]] (born 1964), Yamaha performing artist, record producer, saxophonist, professor *[[Joe Rupert]] (1912–1996), American college football, basketball, and track athlete and coach *[[Michael Rupert]] (born 1951), American actor, singer, director and composer *[[Nura Rupert]], Australian Aboriginal artist from north-west South Australia *[[Robert D. Rupert]] (born 1964), American philosopher and professor *[[Rona Rupert]] née Davel (1934–1995), South African author *[[Thierry Rupert]] (1977–2013), French basketball player
==Fictional characters== *[[Rupert Baxter]], fictional character in the ''Blandings'' stories by P. G. Wodehouse * [[Rupert Bear]], a cartoon bear created by Mary Tourtel * Rupert of Hentzau, the villainous henchman of the king's usurper, Black Michael, in Anthony Hope's novels, ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' and ''[[Rupert of Hentzau]]'' * Rupert, the squirrel in the 1950 Christmas film ''[[The Great Rupert]]'' * [[Rupert Giles]], watcher on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" * [[Rupert Campbell-Black]], the central character in the Rutshire Chronicles series by Jilly Cooper *[[Rupert Thorne]], fictional character, a crime boss and enemy of Batman in the DC Comics universe * Rupert T. Waxflatter, the mentor of the future detective Sherlock Holmes, created for the 1985 film ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]'' * Rupert Pupkin, the anti-hero in the 1983 film ''[[The King of Comedy (film)|The King of Comedy]]'' * Rupert Campion, the son of the gentleman detective [[Albert Campion]] in Margery Allingham's eponymous series *[[Rupert (Family Guy)|Rupert]], stuffed teddy bear owned by cartoon character Stewie Griffin (''Family Guy'') * Rupert, one of the narrator’s aliases in the 1999 film ''[[Fight Club]]''. * Rupert, Prince of the West and protagonist of Gimlet Media's [[The Two Princes]] * Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy, the crafty and resourceful leader of the fictional, pint-sized European nation of Grand Fenwick, from the film ''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]'', portrayed by [[Ron Moody]] * Sir Rupert Murgatroyd, from Gilbert and Sullivan's ''[[Ruddigore]]'' * Reverend Rupert Palafox, a clergyman, from the film ''[[The Night Digger]]'', portrayed by [[Peter Sallis]] * [[Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel]], the alien main antagonist of Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise; his real given name was revealed to be "Rupert" in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "Nosy"
==See also== * [[Ruppert]], given name and surname * [[Ruprecht (name)]]
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