Hai,
das habe ich per google gefunden:

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/mean...

Hoffentlich stimmt's.
;-)

Just like Robin

Wasn't Mike Tyson was married to a young lady of that name many years ago?

Mit Mike Tyson kenne ich mich nicht so gut aus.
Danke an Jay & Staples für Ihre Antworten. Es scheint da keine einheitliche Regelung zu geben.

>>Wie "raw-bin" oder wie der männliche Name "Robin"?

I don't see what difference you're getting at; that is how the name Robin (which is used for both men and women) is pronounced, more or less. The exact sound of the O vowel is probably more spread, like /ah/, in America, more rounded in the UK.

Anyway, Robyn is pronounced exactly like Robin, or the bird 'robin' for that matter.

@ hm -- us
The pronounciation "raw-bin" is mentioned on the website "babynamesworld" (please see the link Jay provided). Obviously, there seems to be a difference between "Robyn" (female) and "Robin" (male). We have an American colleague named Robyn and I have noticed some people address her as "rooh-bin" so this is why I have been confused.
Anyway, thank you for your comment.

I agree with 'hm--us'.
I don't think there's a difference in pronunciation of Robin and Robyn, except the country-specific pronunciation difference. But I believe the British pronunciation is more correct.

The British pronunciation is always more correct.

I completely agree with Sir Godfrey Smythe, G.B.E.

But seriously ...

There really isn't any difference at all, either in BE or AE, but that doesn't mean that one particular person named Robyn might not pronounce her name differently from most other people with that name. If you think she pronounces it with a long O, why not just ask her?

Or, wait, I get it now: Your point is that German speakers tend to say Roooh-, but then it sounds like German, not like English. Yes, you're right.

that particular pronounciation might have come from "Ruby"

Wie den süßen Vogel spricht man es aus. Gibt es im Deutschen eigentlich auch Namen, die homophon mit einer Vogelart sind?

Namen nicht, aber Bezeichnungen: der Schmutzfink und der Dreckspatz.

@ #13: Wie wäre es mit Falk?

Das ist auch der einzige, der mir eingefallen ist, allerdings fehlt da ja das End-"e".

ladygrey, die gibt es nur hier bei Leo!
Da gibt es die Goldammer, die Spinatwachtel und den Wachtelkönig.
Und ein paar Gimpel, Tölpel und Trottellummen, sowie Schmutzfinken, Schnattergänse und ab und zu eine Nachtigall.

;-)

Oh, bitte! Robyn ist ein AUSTRALISCHER Mädchenname. Und mit der Aussprache "raw-bin" liegst du goldrichtig.