Given name & surname · also Germanic
Albert
“one who is noble and bright”
Albert is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who is noble and bright.”
Original GermanAlbertus
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who is noble and bright.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
Its Germanic formation brings together adal (“noble”) and berht (“bright, famous”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In German use, Albert has a related form in Albrecht. The history of Albrecht gives this family its wider story. Albrecht has historical associations with German royal and princely families.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Albert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 494,420
- 491,861 boys · 2,559 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 10,204 babies
- 2025
- 461
- #614 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 461 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 614 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10,158 in 1921. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (69). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 192,229 as a first name in 2020; 30,390 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Albert’s family of names
In English usage, Albert has a diminutive in Abby. Albert shares a linguistic root with Alberto. In Spanish usage, Albert has a related form in ADALBERTO.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Albert has relatives in 42 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
83 related names in 42 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 57
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Albertovariant · German, Portuguese
- Bertdiminutive · German, English
- Adelbertvariant · German, Dutch
- Adalbertvariant · German, Catalan
- Abbeshort form · German, Swedish
- Albertusvariant · German, English
- Adalbrechtvariant · German
- Albrechtvariant · German, Polish
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- Albertivariant · German
- Alverdesvariant · German
- Alpertvariant · German
- Alpersvariant · German
- Albertzvariant · German
- Albertsvariant · German, Latvian
- Albertervariant · German
- Aalbersvariant · German
- Alliediminutive · English
- Abbydiminutive · English
- Abbiediminutive · English
- Allydiminutive · English
- Abevariant · Dutch
- Albiediminutive · English
- Abbeydiminutive · English
- Alberthvariant · Danish
- Adalbertovariant · Spanish
- Bertiediminutive · gmw-ecg, English
- Aldiminutive · English
- Elbertvariant · Dutch
- Abbidiminutive · Luxembourgish
- Albertinadiminutive · English, Swedish
- Aubertvariant · French
- Alberttlikely variant
- Албертvariant · Azerbaijani
- Allbertlikely variant
- Betongdiminutive · Tagalog
- Aalbrechtvariant · Dutch
- Albertitvariant · Albanian
- Abbesdiminutive · Luxembourgish
- Bercidiminutive · Hungarian
- Bertingdiminutive · Tagalog, ceb
- Abetdiminutive · ceb
- Bertíkdiminutive · Czech
- Alešdiminutive · Czech
- Aalbertvariant · Dutch
- Albertinvariant · Albanian
- Albertinovariant · Albanian
- Albertosvariant
- Albyrtvariant
- Albirtvariant
- Alburtvariant
- Albercikdiminutive · Polish
- Äbbesdiminutive · Luxembourgish
- Albärchendiminutive · Luxembourgish
- Bébertdiminutive · French
- Albertitivariant · Albanian
- Albertinivariant · Albanian
- Albertekdiminutive · Czech
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Abelequivalent
- Albertafeminine form
- Ethelbertdoublet · English
- WojciechPolish
- Adalbertasequivalent
- Албъртequivalent
- Albertsen“son of” surname · Danish
- Authbertdoublet · English
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- An-bederivative · Vietnamese
- Aalipakborrowing · Greenlandic
- Aalipaborrowing · Greenlandic
- Albertiinafeminine form · Finnish
- 艾伯特borrowing · Chinese
- ʻAlapakiborrowing · Hawaiian
- ΑλβέρτοςGreek
- Albrightdoublet · English
- Pertticognate · Finnish
- AlberteGalician
- AlbertasLithuanian
- Aldebertequivalent
- Adalberoequivalent
- Apelequivalent
- ალბერტიGeorgian
- Bertìlmo
- ΆλμπερτGreek
- Æþelbeorhtolder form · Old English
- Albèrtlmo, Occitan
- アルバートJapanese
- Bèrtolmo
- АльбертUkrainian, Russian
- AlttiFinnish
- АльберRussian
- Albertulij-MC
- AlberzhBreton
- ArapetaMāori
- アルベルトJapanese
- AlperttiFinnish
- AdalbertusLatin
- Ailbeartcognate
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Albert
- Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
- Albert CamusFrench philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
- Al GoreVice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)
- George VIKing of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 19521895–1952
- Edward VIIKing of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 19101841–1910
- Albert A. MichelsonAmerican physicist (1852–1931)
- Albertus MagnusGerman-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
- Albert II of MonacoPrince of Monaco (born 1958)
- Albert II of Belgiumsixth king of the Belgiansborn 1934
Characters named Albert: Spawn (comic book superhero), Albert Wesker (Resident Evil), Al Robbins (fictional character).
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