Albert (given name)
Albert is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Germanic Adalbert and Adelbert, containing the words adal ("noble") and beraht ("bright", compare Robert). It is also less commonly in use as a surname.[1]
 Albert, Prince Consort, who popularized the name in the British Empire | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈælbərt/ French: [albɛʁ] German: [ˈalbɛɐ̯t] Danish: [ˈælˀpɐt] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Germanic |
| Name day | November 15 |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Noble and bright |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Al (nickname), Abert, Bert (also short for Robert), Adalbert, Adelbert, Delbert, Adbert, Elbert, Alberto, Albrecht, Alprecht, Alpert |
Translations
- Albanian: Albert
- Arabic: ألبرت (Albirt), ألبير (Albīr)
- Armenian: Ալբերտ (Albert)
- Azerbaijani: Albert
- Bengali: আলবার্ট ( Ālabārṭa)
- Breton: Alberzh
- Catalan: Albert
- Simplified Chinese: 阿尔伯特（Āěrbótè）
- Circassian: Альберт (Albert)
- Croatian: Albert
- Czech: Albert, Vojtech
- Dutch: Albert, Aalbert, Alberta
- Estonian: Albert
- Finnish: Albert, Alpertti
- French: Albert, pronounced [albeʁ]
- Galician: Alberte, Alberto and Albertos
- Georgian: ალბერტი (Alberti)
- German: Albert, Albrecht
- Greek: Αλβέρτος (Alvértos)
- Gujarati: આલ્બર્ટ ( Ālbarṭa)
- Hebrew: אלברט (Albert)
- Hindi: अल्बर्ट ( Albarṭa)
- Icelandic: Albert
- Irish: Ailbe, Ailbhe
- Italian: Alberto
- Japanese: アルバート ( Arubāto)
- Kannada: ಆಲ್ಬರ್ಟ್ ( Ālbarṭ)
- Khmer: អាល់ប៊ើត (Albeut)
- Korean: 알버트 (Albeoteu)
- Latin: Albertus
- Latvian: Alberts
- Lithuanian: Albertas
- Mongolian: Альберт (Alibyert)
- Nepali: अल्बर्ट (Albarṭa)
- Norwegian: Albert
- Old English: Æthelberht
- Persian: آلبرت
- Polish: Albert, Olbracht
- Portuguese: Alberto
- Punjabi: ਐਲਬਰਟ ( Ailabaraṭa)
- Russian: Альберт, romanized: Al'bert
- Serbian: Алберт/Albert
- Slovak: Albert
- Slovene: Albert
- Spanish: Alberto
- Swedish: Albert
- Tamil: ஆல்பர்ட் ( Ālparṭ)
- Thai: อัลเบิร์ต ( Xạlbeir̒)
- Turkish: Albert
- Tatar: Альберт (Albert)
- Ukrainian: Альберт, romanized: Al'bert
- Urdu: البرٹ
- Yiddish: אַלבערט
People named Albert
Royalty
- Albert of Austria (disambiguation)
- St. Albert (disambiguation)
- Prince Albert (disambiguation)
- King Albert (disambiguation)
- Albert of Aix (c. 1100), historian of the first crusade
- Albert I of Brandenburg (c. 1100–1170) Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to 1170 and duke of Saxony from 1138 to 1142
- Albert of Riga (c. 1165–1229), third Bishop of Riga in Livonia, founder of the city of Riga, one of the principal commanders of Livonian Crusade
- Albert III, Count of Habsburg
- Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
- Albert of Saxony, King of Saxony, one of the principal commanders of Austro-Prussian War, Battle of Gitschin, Battle of Königgrätz, Battle of Sedan and Siege of Paris (1870–71)
- Albert of Brunswick and Lunenburg-Wolfenbüttel (died 1395), as Albert II Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
- Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1240–1314), the son of Henry III, Margrave of Meißen and Constantia of Austria
- Albert of Sweden (1338–1412), king of Sweden
- Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443–1500), the younger son of Frederick II the Gentle
- Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621), ruling Archduke of Austria, one of the principal commanders of Dutch Revolt
- Albert of Mainz (1490–1545), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545 and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545
- Albert I, Duke of Prussia (1490–1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order before converting to Lutheranism and becoming the first duke of Ducal Prussia
- Albert Alcibiades (1522–1557), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861), Consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
- Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821–1901), French monarchist politician
- Albert, King of Saxony (1828–1873)
- Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922), the reigning Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889, to June 26, 1922
- Albert I of Belgium (1875–1934), the third King of the Belgians
- Albert II of Belgium (1934–), the 6th King of the Belgians
- Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958–), the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco
- Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641-1695)
- Albert I, Duke of Saxony (1175-1260), one of the principal commanders of Livonian Crusade
- Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Sievershausen
- Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
- Charles Albert of Sardinia, King of Sardinia, one of the principal commanders of First Italian War of Independence
- Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Custoza (1866) and Austro-Prussian War
- Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, one of the principal commanders of Battle of Jemappes
- Albert the Bear, first margrave of Brandenburg, one of the principal commanders of Second Crusade
Others
- Albert Abreu (born 1995), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
- Albert "Bert" Addinall (1925-2001), English professional footballer
- Albert Anae (born 1989), New Zealand-Australian Rugby League player
- Albert "Al" Anderson (born 1950), American songwriter and guitarist
- Albert Axelrod (1921–2004), American foil fencer
- Albert Ayler (1936–1970), American jazz saxophonist
- Albert Bandura, psychologist
- Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy; 1882–1961), Austrian Olympic silver medalist saber fencer
- Albert Botran (born 1984), Catalan politician
- Albert E. Brown, decorated officer in the United States Army with the rank of Major General, one of the principal Commanders of Aleutian Islands Campaign
- Albert Buckman Wharton, Jr. (a.k.a. Buster Wharton) (1909–1963), American rancher and polo player.
- Albert Ralph Campbell, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Albert Camus (1913–1960), French philosopher and novelist
- Albert Cheesebrough (1935–2020), English footballer
- Albert Collins, blues singer-guitarist
- Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790-1873), officer in the army of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, politician and Prime Minister of Belgium
- Albert Dürer, German painter and theorist of the German Renaissance, widely regarded as one of the greatest painters of Renaissance era
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born theoretical physicist, scientist and philosopher who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time
- Albert Falco (1927–2012), French scuba diving pioneer
- Albert Finney, (1936–2019), English actor
- Albert Fish (1870–1936), American serial killer, child rapist and cannibal also known as the "Gray Man", the "Werewolf of Wysteria", the "Brooklyn Vampire", the "Moon Maniac" and "The Boogeyman"
- Albert Forster (1902–1952), Nazi German politician and war criminal, Gauleiter of Danzig-West Prussia during the Second World War, involved in large scale mass killings
- Albert "Al" Gore (born 1948), 45th Vice President of the United States
- Albert Gore Sr. (1907-1998), American politician
- Albert "Al" Green (born 1946), American R&B musician
- Elbert Guillory (1944–), Louisiana politician
- Albert "Bert" Haanstra (1916-1997), Dutch film director
- Albert Hammond, Jr. (1980-), American Musician
- Albert Hardie, Jr. (1987–), American professional wrestler
- Albert O. Hirschman, German economist
- Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist and scientist best known for being the first known person to synthesize, ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
- Albert Huggins (born 1997), American football player
- Albert Johnson, birth name of rapper Prodigy (rapper) of Mobb Deep
- Albert Lawrence Williams, Jr. (born 1934), known as A. L. Williams, retired football coach
- Albert Mussey Johnson (1872–1948), eccentric multimillionaire and builder of Scotty's Castle
- Albert "Bert" Kesselring (1885-1960), German Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe during World War II who became one of Nazi Germany's most skilful commanders, and one of the most highly decorated commanders, being one of 27 soldiers awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, one of the principal commanders of Western Front, Battle of Britain, Kanalkampf, Adlertag, Battle of Britain Day, The Hardest Day, Battle of France, Operation Achse, Western Allied invasion of Germany and The Blitz
- Albert King, blues singer-guitarist
- Albert "Bertie" King (1912-1981), Jamaican jazz and mento musician
- Albert Kivikas (1898–1978), Estonian writer and journalist
- Albert Kusnets (1902–1942), Estonian wrestler
- Albert Lefevre (1873-1928), American psychologist.
- Albert Lehman, American Olympic medalist lacrosse player
- Albert Lewin (1894-1968), American director, producer and screenwriter
- Albert L'Ouvrier (1815–1895), French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic
- Albert Margai (basketball) (born 1987), English basketball player
- Albert Marshall (author), (born 1947), Maltese-Australian author
- Albert Martinez (born 1963), Filipino actor
- Albert Millet (1929–2007), French serial killer,
- Albert "Bert" Newton (born 1938), Australian entertainer
- Albert Norak (1928–2015), Estonian Communist politician
- Albert Odulele, (1964-), Nigerian-British pastor, author and evangelist.
- Albert Okwuegbunam (born 1998), American football player
- Albert Pujols (born 1980), professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Al Rosen (1924–2015), American All Star and MVP baseball player
- Albert Rosenfeld (1885–1970), Australian rugby league player
- Albert Sabin (1906–1993), Polish-American medical researcher who developed an oral polio vaccine; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
- Albert Sauer (1898–1945), German Nazi SS officer and concentration camp commandant of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex and Kaiserwald concentration camp
- Albert Scanlon (born 1980), English footballer
- Albert Schwartz (1908–86a), American swimmer
- Albert Sharpe (1885-1970), Irish actor
- Albert Speer (1905–1981), Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich
- Albert D. Sturtevant (1894–1918), officer in the United States Navy during World War I
- Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), German/French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician and medical missionary
- Albert Taar (born 1990), Estonian footballer
- Albert Uderzo (1927–2020), French comic book artist
- Albert Üksip (1886–1966), Estonian botanist
- Albert Warner (1884–1967), American cartoonist and one of the founders of Warner Bros.
- Albert Coady Wedemeyer, United States Army commander who served in Asia during World War II from October 1943 to the end of the war, one of the principal commanders of Operation Beleaguer
- Albert "Al" Witcher (born 1936), American football player
- Albert Wolff (fencer) (1906–1989), French-born American Olympic fencer
- Albert Wolff (sculptor), German sculptor and medallist
- Albert "Bertie" Wright (1871-1960), English of the silent era
- Albert Zerkowitz (1905–1964) entomologist
- Albert Zwaveling (born 1927), Dutch surgeon
- Matthew Bloom (born 1972), professional wrestler who went by the name Albert
Fictional characters
- Albert Arkwright, a character in British sitcom Open All Hours
- Albert Johnson, character in the video game Medievil 2
- Albert, supporting character in Josie (later Josie and the Pussycats)
- Albert Heinrich, a.k.a. Cyborg 004, a character in the manga series Cyborg 009
- Albert Chapman, character of the video game Killer7
- "Fat" Albert Jackson, lead character in the animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Albert Manning, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Albert Wesker, a villain and high ranking commander of Umbrella Corps in the "Resident Evil" franchise
- Albert Tatlock, a character in British soap opera Coronation Street
- Albert Trotter, a character in British sitcom Only Fools and Horses
- Albert W. Wily, a villain in the video game series Mega Man
- Albert Steptoe, one of the lead characters in British sitcom 'Steptoe and Son'.
- Albert Runcorn, a Ministry of Magic investigator in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
- Albert James Moriarty, a main character of the manga Moriarty the Patriot.
See also
- Albertus (given name)
- Albertet, an Occitan diminutive of Albert
- All pages with titles beginning with Albert
- Elbert (disambiguation)
- Albert I (disambiguation)
- Albert II (disambiguation)
- Albert III (disambiguation)
- Albert IV (disambiguation)
References
- "Mfnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Albert". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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