Albert

See also: Albèrt and albert

Languages (20)

English

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English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *aþalą

Proto-West Germanic *aþal

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s

Proto-Germanic *berhtaz

Proto-West Germanic *berht

Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht

Old English Æþelbeorht

Latin Albertusder.

Old French Albertder.

English Albert

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/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Albert (countable and uncountable, plural Alberts)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC:

     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?

   • 2019 July 4, James Carrier, “Mehrabian’s 7-38-55 Communication Model: It’s More Than Words”, in PeopleShift‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 August 2025:

     Based on research, Albert Mehrabian has concluded that only 7% of feelings and attitudes takes place through the words we use in spoken communications, while 38% takes place through tone and voice and the remaining 55% take place through body language.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
   • 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.

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 locality in the Lachlan council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
10. A crater on the Moon

Derived terms

• Albert chain
• Albert crape, Albert crepe
• albertite
• Albert Lea
• Alberton
• Albert Park
• Albert sauce
• Albertville
• albertype
• Albie
• Lake Albert
• Mont Albert
• Port Albert
• Prince Albert
• Prince Albert cage

Related terms

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

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Albért m, Alvért m
• Arabic: أَلْبِرْت m (ʔalbert)
• Armenian: Ալբերտ (hy) (Albert)
• Basque: Alberta
• Breton: Alberz
• Catalan: Albert (ca)
• Chechen: Альберт (Alʲbert)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾伯特 (Àibótè), 阿爾伯特 / 阿尔伯特 (zh)

• Czech: Albert (cs) m
• Danish: Albert
• Dutch: Albert (nl)
• Esperanto: Alberto
• Estonian: Albert (et)
• Finnish: Pertti (fi)
• French: Albert (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Albert

• Galician: Alberte (gl)
• Georgian: ალბერტი (alberṭi)
• German: Albert (de) m, Edlerbrecht m
• Greek: Άλβέρτος m (Álvértos), Άλμπερτ (el) m (Álmpert)
• Greenlandic: Aalipak
• Hawaiian: ʻAlapaki
• Hebrew: אַלְבֶּרט (álbert)
• Hungarian: Albert (hu)
• Icelandic: Aðalbjartur
• Irish: Ailbhe
• Italian: Alberto (it)
• Japanese: アルバート (Arubāto)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Albertus (la) m
• Latvian: Alberts m
• Lithuanian: Albertas
• Lombard: Albèrt m, Bèrto m, Bertì m
• Maltese: Albert, Bertu
• Marathi: अ‍ॅल्बर्ट m (a‍ĕlbarṭa)
• Norwegian: Albert (no)
• Old English: Æþelbeorht
• Persian: آلبرت (âlbert)
• Portuguese: Alberto (pt) m
• Russian: Альбе́рт (ru) m (Alʹbért)
• Sardinian: Albertu
• Scottish Gaelic: Ailbeart
• Spanish: Alberto (es) m
• Swedish: Albert (sv)
• Vietnamese: An-be

Further reading

• (crater) Albert (crater)

Noun

Albert (plural Alberts)

1. Synonym of Albert chain.

Anagrams

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

Albanian

Proper noun

Albert m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Albert

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Albert	Alberti
accusative		Albertin
dative/ablative	Alberti	Albertit

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Алберт
Arabic		آلبئرت

Proper noun

Albert (definite accusative Alberti, plural Albertlər)

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.

     There are probably many a potential Bill Gates and one or two Albert Einsteins in these countries, but they are forced to farm or join the military because they cannot get an education and find their place in life.

   • 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.

     Remember that the time each of us has at our disposal is as much time as that of geniuses like Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, Pasteur, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein had.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əlˈβe̞rt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əlˈbɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əlˈβɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈbɛɾt]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [alˈβɛrt]

Proper noun

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *aþalą

Proto-West Germanic *aþal

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s

Proto-Germanic *berhtaz

Proto-West Germanic *berht

Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht

Old English Æþelbeorht

Latin Albertusder.

Old French Albertder.

English Albertder.

Cebuano Albert

Derived from English Albert.

Proper noun

Albert

1. 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

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension

Declension of Albert (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Albert	Albertové
genitive	Alberta	Albertů
dative	Albertovi, Albertu	Albertům
accusative	Alberta	Alberty
vocative	Alberte	Albertové
locative	Albertovi, Albertu	Albertech
instrumental	Albertem	Alberty

Proper noun

Albert m anim (female equivalent Albertová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Albert (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Albert	Albertové
genitive	Alberta	Albertů
dative	Albertovi	Albertům
accusative	Alberta	Alberty
vocative	Alberte	Albertové
locative	Albertovi	Albertech
instrumental	Albertem	Alberty

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

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Related terms

• female given name: Alberte

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.bərt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Al‧bert

Proper noun

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Derived terms

• Albers
• Alberts

Related terms

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

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlb̥ert/, [ˈɑlb̥ertˑ]

Proper noun

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Faroese

Proper noun

Albert m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Usage notes

Patronymics

• Albert's son: Albertsson
• Albert's daughter: Albertsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Albert
accusative	Albert
dative	Alberti
genitive	Alberts

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish Albert, from Old High German Adalbert (literally “noble and bright, shining with nobility”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Usage notes

• Chiefly used as a middle name.

Declension

Inflection of Albert (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Albert	Albertit
genitive		Albertin	Albertien
partitive		Albertia	Alberteja
illative		Albertiin	Alberteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Albert	Albertit
accusative	nom.	Albert	Albertit
	gen.	Albertin
genitive		Albertin	Albertien
partitive		Albertia	Alberteja
inessive		Albertissa	Alberteissa
elative		Albertista	Alberteista
illative		Albertiin	Alberteihin
adessive		Albertilla	Alberteilla
ablative		Albertilta	Alberteilta
allative		Albertille	Alberteille
essive		Albertina	Alberteina
translative		Albertiksi	Alberteiksi
abessive		Albertitta	Alberteitta
instructive		—	Albertein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Albert (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Albertini Albertini accusative nom. Albertini Albertini gen. Albertini genitive Albertini Albertieni partitive Albertiani Albertejani inessive Albertissani Alberteissani elative Albertistani Alberteistani illative Albertiini Alberteihini adessive Albertillani Alberteillani ablative Albertiltani Alberteiltani allative Albertilleni Alberteilleni essive Albertinani Alberteinani translative Albertikseni Alberteikseni abessive Albertittani Alberteittani instructive — — comitative — Alberteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Albertisi Albertisi accusative nom. Albertisi Albertisi gen. Albertisi genitive Albertisi Albertiesi partitive Albertiasi Albertejasi inessive Albertissasi Alberteissasi elative Albertistasi Alberteistasi illative Albertiisi Alberteihisi adessive Albertillasi Alberteillasi ablative Albertiltasi Alberteiltasi allative Albertillesi Alberteillesi essive Albertinasi Alberteinasi translative Albertiksesi Alberteiksesi abessive Albertittasi Alberteittasi instructive — — comitative — Alberteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Albertimme Albertimme accusative nom. Albertimme Albertimme gen. Albertimme genitive Albertimme Albertiemme partitive Albertiamme Albertejamme inessive Albertissamme Alberteissamme elative Albertistamme Alberteistamme illative Albertiimme Alberteihimme adessive Albertillamme Alberteillamme ablative Albertiltamme Alberteiltamme allative Albertillemme Alberteillemme essive Albertinamme Alberteinamme translative Albertiksemme Alberteiksemme abessive Albertittamme Alberteittamme instructive — — comitative — Alberteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Albertinne Albertinne accusative nom. Albertinne Albertinne gen. Albertinne genitive Albertinne Albertienne partitive Albertianne Albertejanne inessive Albertissanne Alberteissanne elative Albertistanne Alberteistanne illative Albertiinne Alberteihinne adessive Albertillanne Alberteillanne ablative Albertiltanne Alberteiltanne allative Albertillenne Alberteillenne essive Albertinanne Alberteinanne translative Albertiksenne Alberteiksenne abessive Albertittanne Alberteittanne instructive — — comitative — Alberteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Albertinsa Albertinsa accusative nom. Albertinsa Albertinsa gen. Albertinsa genitive Albertinsa Albertiensa partitive Albertiaan Albertiansa Albertejaan Albertejansa inessive Albertissaan Albertissansa Alberteissaan Alberteissansa elative Albertistaan Albertistansa Alberteistaan Alberteistansa illative Albertiinsa Alberteihinsa adessive Albertillaan Albertillansa Alberteillaan Alberteillansa ablative Albertiltaan Albertiltansa Alberteiltaan Alberteiltansa allative Albertilleen Albertillensa Alberteilleen Alberteillensa essive Albertinaan Albertinansa Alberteinaan Alberteinansa translative Albertikseen Albertiksensa Alberteikseen Alberteiksensa abessive Albertittaan Albertittansa Alberteittaan Alberteittansa instructive — — comitative — Alberteineen Alberteinensa

Related terms

• Alpo, Pertti

Statistics

• Albert is the 350^th 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/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Proper noun

Albert m

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

Related terms

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

Anagrams

• tabler

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Adalbërt, from Old High German Adalbërht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalbɛʁt/, /ˈalbɐt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Albert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alberts, plural Alberte or Alberts)

1. 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)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Declension

Declension of Albert [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Albert	die	Alberte, Alberts
genitive	eines	des	Alberts	der	Alberte, Alberts
dative	einem	dem	Albert	den	Alberten, Alberts
accusative	einen	den	Albert	die	Alberte, Alberts

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)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Albert

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Albert	Albertek
accusative	Albertet	Alberteket
dative	Albertnek	Alberteknek
instrumental	Alberttel	Albertekkel
causal-final	Albertért	Albertekért
translative	Albertté	Albertekké
terminative	Albertig	Albertekig
essive-formal	Albertként	Albertekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Albertben	Albertekben
superessive	Alberten	Alberteken
adessive	Albertnél	Alberteknél
illative	Albertbe	Albertekbe
sublative	Albertre	Albertekre
allative	Alberthez	Albertekhez
elative	Albertből	Albertekből
delative	Albertről	Albertekről
ablative	Alberttől	Albertektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Alberté	Alberteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Albertéi	Albertekéi

Possessive forms of Albert

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Albertem	Albertjeim
2nd person sing.	Alberted	Albertjeid
3rd person sing.	Albertje	Albertjei
1st person plural	Albertünk	Albertjeink
2nd person plural	Albertetek	Albertjeitek
3rd person plural	Albertjük	Albertjeik

Icelandic

Proper noun

Albert m (proper noun, genitive singular Alberts)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension

Declension of Albert (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Albert
accusative	Albert
dative	Albert, Alberti
genitive	Alberts

Norwegian

Proper noun

Albert

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.bɛrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -albɛrt
• Syllabification: Al‧bert

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Albertus. Doublet of Albrecht.

Proper noun

Albert m pers (female equivalent Alberta)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension

Declension of Albert

	singular	plural
nominative	Albert	Albertowie, Alberty1
genitive	Alberta	Albertów
dative	Albertowi	Albertom
accusative	Alberta	Albertów
instrumental	Albertem	Albertami
locative	Albercie	Albertach
vocative	Albercie	Albertowie

¹Deprecative.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Albert f

1. genitive plural of Alberta (“female given name”)

Further reading

• “Albert”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Albert.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Albert m (genitive/dative lui Albert)

1. 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): /albert/, [ˈalbert]
• Rhymes: -albert
• Hyphenation: Al‧bert

Proper noun

Albert m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Declension

Declension of Albert
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Albert	Albertovia
genitive	Alberta	Albertov
dative	Albertovi	Albertom
accusative	Alberta	Albertov
locative	Albertovi	Albertoch
instrumental	Albertom	Albertmi

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/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Albert c (genitive Alberts)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Albert

Related terms

• pet form: Abbe
• female given name: Albertina