Roberto
roh-BER-toh
A Romance form of Robert meaning “bright fame.”
Meaning
Roberto is the Romance form of Robert, ultimately from Germanic elements commonly explained as “bright” and “fame.” The excerpts specifically gloss it as “bright fame” and show it as an Italian/Teutonic form, later naturalized in Norman, Neapolitan, and other Romance usage.
Origin
GermanicItalianSpanishPortugueseLatinmasculine
Fun fact
The excerpt notes that Roberto became especially established in the Neapolitan realms after being carried there with Robert Guiscard.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: History of Christian Names, A list of Christian names, their derivatives, nicknames and equivalents in several languages.