Given name & surname
Albertus
“one who is noble and bright”
In English use, Albertus has a related form in Albert. One German interpretation is “one who is noble and bright.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Albertus has a related form in Albert. One German interpretation is “one who is noble and bright.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Albertus has a related form in Albert. An origin associated with Albert is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
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
Albertus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 421
- 421 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 236 as a first name in 2020; 219 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.
Albertus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Albertus has a later derivative in Albert. In Latin usage, Albertus has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Alberto. In English usage, Albertus has a related form in Albert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Albertus has relatives in 9 languages.
5 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AlbertoPortuguese, Italian
- Adalbertoequivalent
- Adalbertequivalent
- Альбертequivalent
- Albertsequivalent
- Adalberoequivalent
- Albrechtequivalent
- Albèrtdescendant · lmo
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People named Albertus
- Albertus MagnusGerman-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
- Albertus SebaDutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector (1665-1736)
- Albertus WielsmaDutch rower (1883-1968)
- Albertus SoegijapranataCatholic archbishop (1896–1963)1895–1963
- Albertus Pictorpainter1440–1507
- Kwagga SmithSouth African rugby union footballerborn 1993
- Albertus Geldermansroad bicycle racer1935–2025
- Albert SchultensDutch philologist (1686-1750)
- Bert BoomDutch cyclistborn 1938
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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