Rupert

Where Rupert comes from

A German name, brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the seventeenth century. Doublet of Robert. The geometry sense is also a reference to Prince Rupert, who posed the question of whether a cube could be passed through a hole made in another cube of the same size.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rupert
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1899
    Peak, #402
    21 babies named Rupert — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #794.
  4. 1931
    Rupert Murdoch born
    American businessman
  5. 1988
    Rupert Grint born
    English actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Rupert Murdoch · American businessman, born 1931
  • Rupert Grint · English actor, born 1988
  • Rupert Everett · British actor, born 1959
  • Rupert Brooke · English poet, 1887–1915
  • Rupert Friend · British actor, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.