Albert

English

Etymology

From Germanic adal (noble) + berht (bright); Old English Æþelbeorht. It became popular in 19th century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name.
   • 1862 Alfred Tennyson, The Idylls of the King: Dedication:

     Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good.

   • 1956 Eddie Condon, Thomas Sugrue: We Called it Music: A Generation of Jazz. Peter Davies 1956. page 40:

     Helena was not flattered. "Albert just doesn't appreciate music," she said. They all called me Albert then. I thought it was a fine name; I like elegance.

   • 2000 Anne Enright, What Are You Like?, Random House (2001), ISBN 9780099284345, page 85:

     Hogan, Byrne, O'Brien. She stopped at one name. Albert Delahunty — what Catholic in their right mind would call a child Albert?

Derived terms

• Albert chain
• Prince Albert

Related terms

• pet forms: Al, Bert, Bertie
• variants: Ethelbert
• female given names: Alberta, Albertina, Albertine

Translations

male given name

Armenian: Ալբերտ (hy) (Albert) Basque: Alberta Breton: Alberz Catalan: Albert (ca) Chinese: 艾伯特 (Àibótè) Czech: Albert (cs) Danish: Albert (da) Dutch: Albert (nl) Estonian: Albert (et) Finnish: Pertti (fi) French: Albert (fr) Galician: Alberte German: Albert (de) Greek: Άλβέρτος (Alvertos) Hawaiian: ʻAlapaki Hungarian: Albert (hu)

Icelandic: Aðalbjartur (is) Irish: Ailbhe (ga) Italian: Alberto (it) Japanese: アルバート (albāto) Latin: Albertus (la) Latvian: Alberts (lv) m. Maltese: Albert (ml), Bertu (ml) Norwegian: Albert (no) Old English: Æþelbeorht (ang) Portuguese: Alberto (pt) Russian: Альберт (Ál’bert) Scottish Gaelic: Ailbeart Spanish: Alberto (es) Swedish: Albert (sv) West Frisian: Albert (fy)

Anagrams

• labret
• tabler

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Czech

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Proper noun

Albert m.

1. A male given name, cognate to Albert.

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Danish

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to Albert.

Related terms

• female given name: Alberte

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Dutch

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to English Albert.

Related terms

• Albrecht, Albertus, Bert, Bertus, Adalbert, Adelbert, Aalbert, Aalbrecht, Alprecht, Alpert

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Estonian

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to the English Albert.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Albert (type risti) singular plural nominative Albert Albertit genitive Albertin Albertien partitive Albertia Alberteja accusative Albert Albertin Albertit inessive Albertissa Alberteissa elative Albertista Alberteista illative Albertiin Alberteihin adessive Albertilla Alberteilla ablative Albertilta Alberteilta allative Albertille Alberteille essive Albertina Alberteina translative Albertiksi Alberteiksi instructive – Albertein abessive Albertitta Alberteitta comitative – Alberteineen

Usage notes

• Mainly used of foreigners, or as a middle name.

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris)

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Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to Albert.

Related terms

• female given names: Alberte, Albertine
• rare variant: Aubert
• pet forms: Bébert, Bertin

Anagrams

• tabler

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German

Etymology

Contraction of Adalbert, from Old High German adal (“noble”) + beraht (“bright”).

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Albrecht, Adalbert, Adelbert, Bert, Brecht, Albertus

Descendants

Transliterations

• Japanese: アルベルト (Aruberuto)

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to Albert.

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Swedish

Etymology

First recorded in Sweden in 1283. Cognate with German and English Albert.

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• pet form: Abbe
• female given name: Albertina