Albert (given name)

Albert
	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

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]

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 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 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
Elbert Guillory (1944–), Louisiana politician
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 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 L'Ouvrier (1815–1895), French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic
Albert Margai (basketball) (born 1987), English basketball player
Albert Martinez (born 1963), Filipino actor
Albert Millet (1929–2007), French serial killer,
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 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 Wolff (fencer) (1906–1989), French-born American Olympic fencer
Albert Wolff (sculptor), German sculptor and medallist
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 Johnson, character in the video game Medievil 2
Albert, supporting character in Josie (later Josie and the Pussycats)
Albert Vercetti, father of Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
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 Coronation Street
Albert W. Wily, a villain in the video game series Mega Man
Albert Steptoe, one of the lead characters in the UK series 'Steptoe and Son'.
Albert Runcorn, a Ministry of Magic investigator in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1

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References

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