"Robert Scott" ba kalma ba ce amma suna, yawanci tana nufin mutum ne. Ya ƙunshi sunan farko "Robert" da sunan ƙarshe "Scott." Sunan "Robert" ya fito ne daga tsohuwar sunan Jamus Hrodebert, wanda ke nufin "suna mai haske." Sunan "Scott" ya fito daga Scotland kuma yana nufin wani daga Scotland.Robert Falcon Scott wani jami'in sojan ruwa na Burtaniya ne kuma mai bincike wanda ya jagoranci balaguro biyu zuwa Antarctic. An san shi da balaguron balaguron da ya yi a shekara ta 1912, inda shi da tawagarsa suka isa Pole ta Kudu, sai kawai suka gano cewa wata tawagar Norway karkashin jagorancin Roald Amundsen ta doke su. Scott da tawagarsa sun mutu a tafiyarsu ta dawowa.