Given name & surname
Alberta
“noble and bright”·“one who is noble and bright”·“to be elevated”
Alberta is a feminine form of Albert. One German interpretation is “one who is noble and bright.” In English use, Alberta has a related form in Alta. One Latin interpretation is “to be elevated.”
Original GermanAlbertine
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Alberta carries the interpretation “noble and bright.” Alberta is a feminine form of Albert. One German interpretation is “one who is noble and bright.” In English use, Alberta has a related form in Alta. One Latin interpretation is “to be elevated.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
Alberta is used as a feminine counterpart of Albert.
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.
From dated birth records
Alberta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70,764
- 399 boys · 70,365 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 2,026 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,481 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,481 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,017 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 20,221 as a first name in 2020; 539 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.
Alberta’s family of names
In English usage, Alberta has a short form in Alta. Alberta is a feminine form of Albert. In Basque usage, Alberta has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Alberto.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alberta has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Alberta comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 14
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alberta
- Alberta BriantiItalian tennis playerborn 1980
- Alberta HunterAmerican blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)
- Alberta SantuccioItalian fencerborn 1994
- Alberta AdamsAmerican singer, musician (1917–2014)
- Alberta Vaughnactress (1904-1992)
- Alberta FerrettiItalian fashion designer and costume department (born 1950)
- Alberta Williams Kingmother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1904–1974)
- Alberta SackeyGhanaian association football playerborn 1972
- Alberta GallatinAmerican actress (1861-1948)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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