Given name
Adalberto
Adalberto is a masculine given name. It is used in English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Original Spanishอาดัลเบร์โต
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Adalberto developed from Adalbertus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adalberto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,633
- 4,633 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 118 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,811 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,811 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 118 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,539 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adalberto’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Adalberto shares an earlier linguistic root with Alberto. In Spanish usage, Adalberto has a related form in Albert. In Spanish usage, Adalberto has a related form in Alberto.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Adalberto has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Adalberto comes from · 3 names
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AdalbertPolish, German
- EthelbertEnglish
- Albertusequivalent
- Albrechtequivalent
- Adalbertusroot · Dutch, Latin
- VojtěchCzech
- Etelbertoequivalent
- Albertasequivalent
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People named Adalberto
- Adalberto PeñarandaVenezuelan association football playerborn 1997
- Adalberto CarrasquillaPanamanian footballerborn 1998
- Adalberto Martínez FloresParaguayan Roman-Catholic archbishopborn 1951
- Adalberto LiberaItalian architect (1903-1963)
- Adalberto Maria MerliItalian actor and voice actorborn 1938
- Prince Adalberto, Duke of BergamoItalian prince (1898-1982)
- Bitto AlbertiniItalian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (1924–1999)1923–1999
- Adalberto Pereira dos SantosBrazilian general and politician (1905-1984)
- Adalberto LópezMexican footballer (1923-1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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