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I actually just thought about Roberta yesterday! I used to absolutely hate it. I thought it was clumsy, dated and unattractive. Lately I've been thinking that it's kind of cute even though I would prefer it as a middle name. I currently like Lily Roberta.

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I'm sorry, but I really dislike Robbie to be honest. I don't think it is cute at all and it destroys the beauty of Roberta, in my opinion. I would stick with the full form. But if you like it go for it!

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Robin is kind of cute but I consider it to be way more dated than Roberta. Robin was much more common than Roberta ever was and much more recently. Roberta is in the -could have a revival soon together with names like Elaine, Maxine and Lucille- category whereas Robin is in the -totally dated Stacy, Jamie, Dawn, Donna, Misty- category. I don't mind Robyn, but it's like Rachael, Caitlyn, Alyson and Ashlee - not horribly misspelled or anything but I think it's less attractive than the original and feels even more dated.

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I prefer Roberta because Robyn is still so dated to me. But Robyn is cute too and it's nice that you want to honor your mom! So I think Robyn probably has more meaning to you and I would go with that. But I would personally change the spelling to Robin even though Robyn is fine too.