# Rupert (name) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rupert_(name) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rupert_(name).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_(name) > Source revision: 1356107357 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Rupert Prince Rupert of the Rhine Gender Male Origin Word/name Low German Meaning fame-bright, glory-bright, shining with glory, godlike-bright Region of origin Western Europe Other names Cognate Robert **Rupert** is an English truncation of Latin *Rupertus*, which derives from [Old High German](/source/Old_High_German) *Hruodoperht/Hruodoberht* which are also the source of the name [Robert](/source/Robert). Thus, "Rupert" and "Robert" are different modern forms of the same name. The Old High German form of the name evolved from [Germanic](/source/Germanic_languages) Hrothi, "fame, glory, renown, honour, godlike"[1] + Berht, "bright"; thus, Rupert and Robert mean "fame bright". ## Given name ### A–P - Saint [Rupert of Bingen](/source/Rupert_of_Bingen) - [Rupert Boneham](/source/Rupert_Boneham) (born 1964), American multi-time *Survivor* contestant - [Rupert Brooke](/source/Rupert_Brooke) (1887–1915), English poet - [Rupert Bunny](/source/Rupert_Bunny) (1864–1947), Australian painter - [Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon](/source/Rupert_Cambridge%2C_Viscount_Trematon) (1907–1928), great-grandson of Queen Victoria - [Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington](/source/Rupert_Carington%2C_4th_Baron_Carrington) (1852–1929), English Liberal MP and soldier - [Rupert Carington, 5th Baron Carrington](/source/Rupert_Carington%2C_5th_Baron_Carrington) (1891–1938), English peer, father of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, former UK Foreign Secretary - [Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington](/source/Rupert_Carington%2C_7th_Baron_Carrington) (born 1948), English businessman, son of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, former UK Foreign Secretary - [Rupert Cawthorne](/source/Rupert_Cawthorne) (1879–1965), English professional footballer - [Rupert Davies](/source/Rupert_Davies) (1916–1976), English actor - [Rupert Evans](/source/Rupert_Evans) (born 1977), English actor - [Rupert Everett](/source/Rupert_Everett) (born 1959), English actor - [Rupert Friend](/source/Rupert_Friend) (born 1981), English actor - [Rupert Gould](/source/Rupert_Gould) (1890-1948), lieutenant-commander in the British Royal Navy, scientist, author and radio personality - [Rupert Graves](/source/Rupert_Graves) (born 1963), English actor - [Rupert Gregson-Williams](/source/Rupert_Gregson-Williams), movie score composer - [Rupert Grint](/source/Rupert_Grint) (born 1988), English actor - [Rupert Gwynne](/source/Rupert_Gwynne) (1873–1924), English Conservative Party politician and MP - [Rupert Price Hallowes](/source/Rupert_Price_Hallowes) (1881–1915), World War I Victoria Cross recipient - [Rupert Hine](/source/Rupert_Hine) (1947-2020), British Musician, Record Producer - [Rupert Holmes](/source/Rupert_Holmes) (born 1947), British-American composer, singer-songwriter, musician, dramatist and author. - [Rupert Jeffcoat](/source/Rupert_Jeffcoat) (born 1970), Scottish musician - [Rupert Keegan](/source/Rupert_Keegan) (born 1955), English Formula One driver - [Rupert, King of Germany](/source/Rupert%2C_King_of_Germany) (German: *Ruprecht*) (1352–1410), German King - Blessed [Rupert Mayer](/source/Rupert_Mayer) (1876–1945) - [Rupert Moon](/source/Rupert_Moon) Welsh rugby international player - [Rupert Murdoch](/source/Rupert_Murdoch) (born 1931), Australian-American media magnate - [Rupert Penry-Jones](/source/Rupert_Penry-Jones) (born 1970), English actor - [Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley](/source/Rupert_Ponsonby%2C_7th_Baron_de_Mauley) (born 1957), British hereditary peer, Member of the House of Lords ### R–S - [Prince Rupert of the Rhine](/source/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](/source/Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms), [First English Civil War](/source/First_English_Civil_War) and [Battle of Marston Moor](/source/Battle_of_Marston_Moor) - [Rupert Richardson](/source/Rupert_Richardson) (1930-2008), American Civil Rights activist - Saint [Rupert of Salzburg](/source/Rupert_of_Salzburg) - [Rupert Sanders](/source/Rupert_Sanders) (born 1971), English film director - [Rupert Sandilands](/source/Rupert_Sandilands) 1868–1946), English international footballer - [Rupert Schenk](/source/Rupert_Schenk) (born 2001), German bobsledder - [Rupert Scholz](/source/Rupert_Scholz) (born 1937), German politician who served as 9th Minister of Defence of Germany - [Rupert Sheldrake](/source/Rupert_Sheldrake) (born 1942), English professor, biologist and lecturer - [Rupert Shephard](/source/Rupert_Shephard) (1909–1992), English painter, illustrator and art teacher - [Rupert Shoobridge](/source/Rupert_Shoobridge) (1883–1962), Australian politician - [Rupert Shrive](/source/Rupert_Shrive) (born 1965), English artist - [Rupert Simonian](/source/Rupert_Simonian) (born 1991), British actor with Canadian dual citizenship - [Rupert Sloman](/source/Rupert_Sloman) (1890–1951), New Zealand cricketer - [Rupert de Smidt](/source/Rupert_de_Smidt) (1883–1986), South African cricketer - [Rupert Smith](/source/Rupert_Smith), KCB, DSO & Bar, OBE, QGM (born 1943), British Army officer, author of *The Utility of Force* - [Rupert Smith (American football)](/source/Rupert_Smith_(American_football)) (1897–1959), American football and baseball player - [Rupert Smith (novelist)](/source/Rupert_Smith_(novelist)), American-born English author - [Rupert Soames](/source/Rupert_Soames) OBE (born 1959), British businessman, CEO of the outsourcing company Serco - [Rupert Speir](/source/Rupert_Speir) (1910–1998), British Conservative Party politician and MP - [Rupert Spira](/source/Rupert_Spira), English studio potter - [Rupert Stadler](/source/Rupert_Stadler) (born 1963), German business executive and chairman of the Vorstand (CEO) of Audi AG - [Charles Rupert Stockard](/source/Charles_Rupert_Stockard) (1879–1939), American anatomist and zoologist - [Rupert Gordon Strutt](/source/Rupert_Gordon_Strutt) (1912–1985), the Anglican Bishop of Stockport from 1965 to 1984 - [Rupert Max Stuart](/source/Rupert_Max_Stuart) (1932–2014), Indigenous Australian convicted of murder in 1959 ### T–Z - [Rupert Taylor](/source/Rupert_Taylor) (born 1958), professor of political studies in Johannesburg - [J. Rupert Thompson](/source/J._Rupert_Thompson) (born 1964), director and producer of reality television - [Rupert Thomson](/source/Rupert_Thomson) FRSL (born 1955), English author - [Rupert Thorneloe](/source/Rupert_Thorneloe), MBE (1969–2009), British Army officer killed in action in Afghanistan - [Timothy Rupert Thorogood](/source/Timothy_Rupert_Thorogood) (born 1962), Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands 2008–2012 - [Rupert von Trapp](/source/Rupert_von_Trapp) (1911–1992), eldest son of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp - [Rupert Trimmingham](/source/Rupert_Trimmingham) (1899–1985), corporal in the United States Army Corps of Engineers during World War II - [Wallace Rupert Turnbull](/source/Wallace_Rupert_Turnbull) (1870–1954), New Brunswick engineer and inventor - [Rupert Vansittart](/source/Rupert_Vansittart) (born 1958), English character actor - [Rupert Wagner](/source/Rupert_Wagner), German sprint canoeist - [Rupert Wainwright](/source/Rupert_Wainwright) (born 1961), English film and TV director, writer, and actor - [Rupert Webb](/source/Rupert_Webb) (1922–2018), English cricketer - [Rupert Wegerif](/source/Rupert_Wegerif) (born 1959), Professor of Education at the University of Exeter in England - [Rupert Weinstabl](/source/Rupert_Weinstabl) (1911–1953), Austrian sprint canoeist - [Rupert Mearse Wells](/source/Rupert_Mearse_Wells) (1835–1902), speaker of the Legislature of Ontario - [Rupert Wertheim](/source/Rupert_Wertheim) (1893–1933), Australian tennis player - [Rupert Whitaker](/source/Rupert_Whitaker) (born 1963), psychiatrist, immunologist, patient-advocate - [Rupert Wilson Wigmore](/source/Rupert_Wilson_Wigmore), PC (1873–1939), Canadian politician - [Rupert Wildt](/source/Rupert_Wildt) (1905–1976), German-American astronomer - [Rupert Wilkinson](/source/Rupert_Wilkinson) (1938–2014), British historian - [Rupert Williamson (furniture designer)](/source/Rupert_Williamson_(furniture_designer)) (born 1945), furniture designer - [Rupert Wills](/source/Rupert_Wills) (born 1993), Australian rules footballer - [Rupert Wingfield-Hayes](/source/Rupert_Wingfield-Hayes) (born 1967), British journalist - [Rupert Worker](/source/Rupert_Worker) (1896–1989), played first-class cricket in New Zealand - [Rupert Wyatt](/source/Rupert_Wyatt) (born 1972), English screenwriter, director, and producer - [Rupert Young](/source/Rupert_Young) (born 1978), English actor ## Surname - The [Rupert family](/source/Rupert_family), a billionaire family from Stellenbosch, South Africa or members of that family: - [Anton Rupert](/source/Anton_Rupert) (1916–2006) - [Johann Rupert](/source/Johann_Rupert) (born 1950), son of Anton Rupert - [Bob Rupert](/source/Bob_Rupert) (born 1931), former college basketball head coach - [David Rupert](/source/David_Rupert) (born 1951), former American FBI/British intelligence agent - [Franke Rupert](/source/Franke_Rupert) (1888–1971), Austrian graphic and engraver - [G. G. Rupert](/source/G._G._Rupert) (1847–1922), American Adventist pastor and writer - [Jeff Rupert](/source/Jeff_Rupert) (born 1964), Yamaha performing artist, record producer, saxophonist, professor - [Joe Rupert](/source/Joe_Rupert) (1912–1996), American college football, basketball, and track athlete and coach - [Michael Rupert](/source/Michael_Rupert) (born 1951), American actor, singer, director and composer - [Nura Rupert](/source/Nura_Rupert), Australian Aboriginal artist from north-west South Australia - [Robert D. Rupert](/source/Robert_D._Rupert) (born 1964), American philosopher and professor - [Rona Rupert](/source/Rona_Rupert) née Davel (1934–1995), South African author - [Thierry Rupert](/source/Thierry_Rupert) (1977–2013), French basketball player ## Fictional characters - [Rupert Baxter](/source/Rupert_Baxter), fictional character in the *Blandings* stories by P. G. Wodehouse - [Rupert Bear](/source/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](/source/The_Prisoner_of_Zenda)* and *[Rupert of Hentzau](/source/Rupert_of_Hentzau)* - Rupert, the squirrel in the 1950 Christmas film *[The Great Rupert](/source/The_Great_Rupert)* - [Rupert Giles](/source/Rupert_Giles), watcher on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" - [Rupert Campbell-Black](/source/Rupert_Campbell-Black), the central character in the Rutshire Chronicles series by Jilly Cooper - [Rupert Thorne](/source/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](/source/Young_Sherlock_Holmes)* - Rupert Pupkin, the anti-hero in the 1983 film *[The King of Comedy](/source/The_King_of_Comedy_(film))* - Rupert Campion, the son of the gentleman detective [Albert Campion](/source/Albert_Campion) in Margery Allingham's eponymous series - [Rupert](/source/Rupert_(Family_Guy)), stuffed teddy bear owned by cartoon character Stewie Griffin (*Family Guy*) - Rupert, one of the narrator’s aliases in the 1999 film *[Fight Club](/source/Fight_Club)*. - Rupert, Prince of the West and protagonist of Gimlet Media's [The Two Princes](/source/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](/source/The_Mouse_on_the_Moon)*, portrayed by [Ron Moody](/source/Ron_Moody) - Sir Rupert Murgatroyd, from Gilbert and Sullivan's *[Ruddigore](/source/Ruddigore)* - Reverend Rupert Palafox, a clergyman, from the film *[The Night Digger](/source/The_Night_Digger)*, portrayed by [Peter Sallis](/source/Peter_Sallis) - [Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel](/source/Dr._Jacques_von_H%C3%A4msterviel), 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](/source/Ruppert), given name and surname - [Ruprecht (name)](/source/Ruprecht_(name)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["HROD - Nordic Names"](https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/HROD). 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