Albert

== English == === Etymology === From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈælb.ət/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.bɚt/ === Proper noun === Albert (countable and uncountable, plural Alberts) A male given name from the Germanic languages. A surname originating as a patronymic. A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France. A constituency in Belize A city in Kansas. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of Two Borders. A town in New South Wales. A ghost town in Texas. A crater on the Moon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== pet forms: Al, Bert, Bertie variants: Ethelbert female given names: Alberta, Albertina, Albertine ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== (crater) Albert (crater) === Noun === Albert (plural Alberts) Synonym of Albert chain. === Anagrams === balter, Balter, blater, Bartle, tabler, labret, Bartel, Tabler, bralet == Albanian == === Proper noun === Albert m a male given name ==== Declension ==== == Azerbaijani == === Proper noun === Albert (definite accusative Alberti, plural Albertlər) a transliteration of the English male given name Albert == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əlˈβɛrt] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əlˈbɛrt] IPA(key): (Valencia) [alˈbɛɾt] === Proper noun === Albert m a male given name, equivalent to English Albert == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Albert. === Proper noun === Albert a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages] ==== Derived terms ==== Abet == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈalbɛrt] === Proper noun === Albert m anim a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Albert m anim (female equivalent Albertová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Albert”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) Moldanová, Dobrava (2019), Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 27 == Danish == === Proper noun === Albert a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Related terms ==== female given name: Alberte == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑl.bərt/ Hyphenation: Al‧bert === Proper noun === Albert m a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Estonian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlb̥ert/, [ˈɑlb̥ertˑ] === Proper noun === Albert a male given name, equivalent to English Albert == Faroese == === Proper noun === Albert m a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics son of Albert: Albertsson daughter of Albert: Albertsdóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From English Albert. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlbert/, [ˈɑ̝lbe̞rt̪] Rhymes: -ɑlbert Syllabification(key): Al‧bert Hyphenation(key): Al‧bert === Proper noun === Albert a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Usage notes ==== Chiefly used as a middle name. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Alpo, Pertti ==== Statistics ==== Albert is the 350th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,001 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,431 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. == French == === Alternative forms === Aubert (rare) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /al.bɛʁ/ === Proper noun === Albert m a male given name, equivalent to English Albert a surname originating as a patronymic ==== Related terms ==== pet forms: Bébert, Bertin feminine forms: Alberte, Albertine === Anagrams === tabler == German == === Etymology === Contraction of Adalbert, from Old High German adal (“noble”) + beraht (“bright”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Albert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alberts, plural Alberte or Alberts) a male given name from Old High German === Proper noun === Albert m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Alberts or (with an article) Albert, feminine genitive Albert, plural Alberts) a surname originating as a patronymic ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Albrecht, Adalbert, Adelbert, Bert, Brecht, Albertus ==== Descendants ==== Transliterations Japanese: アルベルト (Aruberuto) → Chinese: 阿爾貝特 / 阿尔贝特 (Ā'ěrbèitè) (transliteration) === References === == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒlbɛrt] Hyphenation: Al‧bert Rhymes: -ɛrt === Proper noun === Albert a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Albert m (proper noun, genitive singular Alberts) a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Declension ==== == Norwegian == === Proper noun === Albert a male given name, equivalent to English Albert == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈal.bɛrt/ Rhymes: -albɛrt Syllabification: Al‧bert === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin Albertus. Doublet of Albrecht. ==== Proper noun ==== Albert m pers (female equivalent Alberta) a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Proper noun ==== Albert f genitive plural of Alberta === Further reading === Albert in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Albert. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Albert m (genitive/dative lui Albert) a surname from German === References === Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎[4], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈalbert] === Proper noun === Albert m pers a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “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, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === First recorded in Sweden in 1283. Cognate with German and English Albert. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /¹albæʈ/ === Proper noun === Albert c (genitive Alberts) a male given name, equivalent to English Albert ==== Related terms ==== pet form: Abbe female given name: Albertina