Names

Diminutive of Albert.

Latinized form of Adalbert (see Albert). This is the official Dutch form of the name, used on birth certificates but commonly rendered Albert in daily life.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Albert.

French feminine form of Albert.

Feminine diminutive of Albert.

French and Danish feminine form of Albert.

Galician form of Albert.

Lithuanian form of Albert.

Feminine form of Albert. This is the name of a Canadian province, which was named in honour of a daughter of Queen Victoria.

From the Germanic name Adalbert meaning “noble and bright”, composed of the elements adal “noble” and beraht “bright”. This name was common among medieval German royalty. The Normans introduced it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Æðelberht. Though it became rare in England by the 17th century, it was repopularized in the 19th century by the German-born Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.This name was borne by two 20th-century kings of Belgium. Other famous bearers include the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus (1913-1960), a French-Algerian writer and philosopher.