Robison (name)

Family name
name = Robison


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meaning = "son of Rob"
region = English-speaking countries
origin = Germanic
related names = Robeson, Robinson
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name = Robison


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gender = Male
meaning = "son of Rob
region = English-speaking countries
origin = Germanic
related names = Robert
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Robison is an English language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Rob" (a shortened form of Robert, of Germanic origin). There are similar surname spellings. Robison is a rare given name. People with the name Robison or its variant forms include:

urname

* Bruce Robison (b. ?), American singer, songwriter; brother of Charlie Robison
* Carson Robison (1890 - 1957), American singer, songwriter
* Charlie Robison (b. 1964), American singer, songwriter; brother of Bruce Robison
* David Fullerton Robison (1816 – 1859), American politician
* Emily Robison (b. 1972), American singer, songwriter
* Howard W. Robison (1915 - 1987), American politician
* James Robison (b. 1943), American televangelist
* John Elder Robison (b. 1957), American author
* John Robison (physicist) (1739 – 1805), Scottish
* Julie Aberg Robison (b. 1958), American politician
* Louise Y. Robison (1866 - 1946), American, general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Mary Robison (b. 1949), American author
* Olin Clyde Robison (b. 1936), American, president of Middlebury College
* Paula Robison (b. ?), American flutist
* Samuel Robison (1867 - 1852), American, Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
* Shona Robison (b. ?), member of the Scottish Parliament
* Stephanie Robison (b. 1976), American artist
* Willard Robison (1894 - 1968), American composer of popular song

Given name

* Robison Wells (b. 1978), American novelist

ee also

* Robeson
* Robinson