Rupert

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Rupert
gender = Male
region = Western Europe
origin = Low German
footnotes =

Rupert is derived from the Latin "Rupertus", which is a loan from the Old German "Hroberahtus"; thus it is a variation of modern English Robert, and can refer to:

People

* Saint Rupert of Bingen
* Saint Rupert of Salzburg
* Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619–1682), nephew of Charles I of England and Royalist army cavalry commander during the English Civil War

;Surname
* The Rupert family, a billionaire family from Stellenbosch, South Africa or members of that family:
**Anton Rupert
**Johann Rupert, son of Anton Rupert

;First name
* Rupert Boneham, "Survivor" (TV series) cast-away
* Rupert Brooke, an English poet
* Rupert Everett, an English actor
* Rupert Graves, a British actor
* Rupert Grint, an actor famous for his portrayal of Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series
* Rupert Holmes, American and British composer, songwriter and author
* Rupert Jee, an American entrepreneur and television celebrity on "Late Night with David Letterman"
* Rupert Murdoch, an Australian media proprietor
* Rupert Penry-Jones, an English actor

;In fiction
* Rupert Giles, a main character of the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
* Rupert Bear, a cartoon bear created by Mary Tourtel
* Rupert of Hentzau, the villainous henchman of the king's usurper, Black Michael, in Anthony Hope's novel, "The Prisoner of Zenda"
** "Rupert of Hentzau", a novel, the sequel to "The Prisoner of Zenda"

Places

* Rupert, Idaho, USA
* Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
* Rupert's Land, Canada, the territory held by the Hudson's Bay Company in British North America
* Rupert House Cree land in Québec
* Rupert River, a river in Québec, Canada
* Rupert Station, a station on the Millennium Line of the Vancouver SkyTrain
* Rupert, Vermont, USA

Other

* St. Rupert's Cathedral
* Rupert (planet), a fictional planet in the novel "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams
* Rupert the teddy bear, Stewie's teddy bear from Family Guy
* Rupert (paradummy), the nickname given to paradummies dropped as decoys by the British (Operation Titanic) during the D-Day of the Invasion of Normandy in 1944
* Rupert, slang term for an officer in the British Armed Forces [http://www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk/reference/Slang.htm]