Robinson Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Robinson Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Robinson

The ancient history of the name Robinson was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Robinson is a baptismal name meaning 'the son of Robert'. The root name means 'bright with fame'. Variants include Robison, Robson, Robeson, Robin, Robins, Robbins, Robyn and McRobin. This name is of Anglo-Norman descent spreading to Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in the above countries. Examples of such are a Dera Robins, Cambridge, and a John Robin, Oxford, who were recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273 and a Thomas Robyson was recorded in the 'Poll Tax' of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the year 1379. A John Robynsone was Bailie of Glasgow, Scotland , in the year 1477 and Andrew Robsone was heir in the Forty Shilling Lands of Glediswode, Lauderdale, Scotland , in 1604. In Ireland the name is popular in Ulster having been introduced there from England and Scotland during the seventeenth century.