Is robinson or has it ever been a jewish name ?

havefound german family in london in the 1800s working as a tailor , need help thank you

Is robinson or has it ever been a jewish name ?
Robinson


This interesting surname is a patronymic form of the medieval male given name "Robin", itself a diminutive of Robert, from the short form


"Rob", plus the hypocoristic suffix "-in". Robert comes from the Old German "hrodebert", originally a combination of "hrothi", and "berhta",


meaning "fame-bright", and appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Robin despite its very English connotations is French, and the name


was made popular by Robin Goodfellow, whose mischievous tricks are described in Shakespeare's, "Midsummer Night's Dream", and by


Robin of Locksley otherwise known as Robin Hood, who it is said (without too much evidence) stole from the rich to give to the poor. The


surname was first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century (see below), and one Margaret Robines appeared in the Hundred Rolls of


Cambridgeshire, dated 1279. In the modern idiom, the surname can be found recorded as Robyns, Robins, Robens, Robbings, Robinson


and Robens. Recordings from London Church Registers include: the marriage of Helen Robinson and Thomas Grene on October 1st 1548, at


St. Leonard's, Eastcheap, and the marriage of Christopher Robinson and Jone Millman on November 4th 1565, at St. Mary Abchurch,


London. An early settler in the New World Colonies was John Robinson, aged 26, who sailed from London on the "Peter Bonaventure",


bound for the 'Barbadoes' in April 1635. The Coat of Arms most associated with the name is a green shield charged with a gold chevron


between three gold bucks standing at gaze. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of


Dera Robins, which was dated


1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of


King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307.
Reply:I have friends with the last name of Robinson and they are Jewish. Of course, that doesn't mean that every Robinson is Jewish.
Reply:Sorry, I'd help if I could. Good luck.