Albert

From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.bɚt/

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Albert (countable and uncountable, plural Alberts)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 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, 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, published 2001, →ISBN, page 85:

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

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
4. A constituency in Belize
5. A city in Kansas
6. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of Two Borders.
7. A town in New South Wales
8. A ghost town in Texas
9. A crater on the Moon

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

• (crater) Albert (crater)

Albert (plural Alberts)

1. Synonym of Albert chain

• Balter, Bartel, Bartle, Tabler, balter, bralet, labret, tabler

Albert

1. A transliteration of the English male given name Albert.
   • 2018, Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson, Millətlər niyə tənəzzül edir, page 95:

     Bu ölkələrdə, güman ki, çox sayda potensial Bill Geytslər və bir, ya da iki Albert Eynşteyn var, amma onlar təhsil ala bilmədiyi və həyatda öz yerlərini tapmadığı üçün əkinçiliklə məşğul olmağa, ya da hərbi xidmətə getməyə məcburdurlar.

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   • 2019 September 6, Xalq Qəzeti‎:

     Azərbaycan paytaxtında Milli Qəhrəman Albert Aqarunovun xatirəsini əbədiləşdirmək məqsədilə heykəli ucaldılır.

     A monument to the memory of National Hero Albert Agarunov is being erected in the capital of Azerbaijan.

   • 2020, Nicat Tarverdiyev, İslam və Motivasiya, page 75:

     Unutmayın ki, bizim hər birimizin ixtiyarında olan zaman Mikelancelo, Leonardo Da Vinçi, Tomas Cefferson, Paster, Helen Keller, Albert Eynşteyn kimi dahi şəxsiyyətlərin sahib olduğu vaxt qədərdir.

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• IPA^(key): (Central) [əlˈβɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əlˈbɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [alˈbɛɾt]

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

From English Albert.

Albert

1. a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

• Abet

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbɛrt]

Albert m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

• female given name: Alberte

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.bərt/

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• Hyphenation: Al‧bert

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlb̥ert/, [ˈɑlb̥ertˑ]

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Patronymics

• son of Albert: Albertsson
• daughter of Albert: Albertsdóttir

From English Albert.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlbert/, [ˈɑ̝lbe̞rt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑlbert
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧bert

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

• Chiefly used as a middle name.

• Alpo, Pertti

• Albert is the 352^nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 925 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,371 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Aubert (rare)

• IPA^(key): /al.bɛʁ/

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Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

• pet forms: Bébert, Bertin
• feminine forms: Alberte, Albertine

• tabler

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

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Albert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alberts)

1. a male given name

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

Transliterations

• Japanese: アルベルト (Aruberuto)
• → Chinese: → 阿爾貝特／阿尔贝特 (Ā'ěrbèitè) (transliteration)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlbɛrt]
• Hyphenation: Al‧bert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.bɛrt/

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• Rhymes: -albɛrt
• Syllabification: Al‧bert

Learned borrowing from Latin Albertus. Doublet of Albrecht.

Albert m pers (female equivalent Alberta)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Albert f

1. genitive plural of Alberta

• Albert in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from German Albert.

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Albert m (genitive/dative lui Albert)

1. a surname from German

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

• IPA^(key): [ˈalbert]

Albert m anim (genitive singular Alberta, nominative plural Albertovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

• “Albert”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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

• IPA^(key): /¹albæʈ/

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Albert c (genitive Alberts)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

• pet form: Abbe
• female given name: Albertina