English

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name.
   • 1862 Alfred Tennyson, The Idylls of the King: Dedication:

     Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good.

   • 1956 Eddie Condon, Thomas Sugrue: We Called it Music: A Generation of Jazz. Peter Davies 1956. page 40:

     Helena was not flattered. "Albert just doesn't appreciate music," she said. They all called me Albert then. I thought it was a fine name; I like elegance.

   • 2000 Anne Enright, What Are You Like?, Random House (2001), ISBN 9780099284345, page 85:

     Hogan, Byrne, O'Brien. She stopped at one name. Albert Delahunty — what Catholic in their right mind would call a child Albert?

2. A constituency in Belize
3. A city in Kansas
4. A rural municipality in Manitoba
5. A town in New South Wales
6. A ghost town in Texas

Derived terms

• Albert chain
• Prince Albert

Related terms

• pet forms: Al, Bert, Bertie
• variants: Ethelbert
• female given names: Alberta, Albertina, Albertine

Translations

Anagrams

• balter, labret, tabler

Catalan

Proper noun

Albert m

1. Albert

Czech

Proper noun

Albert m

1. A male given name, cognate to Albert.

Danish

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to Albert.

Related terms

• female given name: Alberte

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Albert m

1. A male given name, cognate to English Albert.

Related terms

• Albrecht, Albertus, Bert, Bertus, Adalbert, Adelbert, Aalbert, Aalbrecht, Alprecht, Alpert

Estonian

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to the English Albert.

Faroese

Proper noun

Albert m

1. A male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Albert: Albertsson
• daughter of Albert: Albertsdóttir

Declension

Finnish

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name.

Declension

Usage notes

• Mainly used of foreigners, or as a middle name.

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to Albert.

Related terms

• female given names: Alberte, Albertine
• rare variant: Aubert
• pet forms: Bébert, Bertin

Anagrams

• tabler

German

Etymology

Contraction of Adalbert, from Old High German adal ‎(“noble”) + beraht ‎(“bright”).

Proper noun

Albert m ‎(genitive Alberts)

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Albrecht, Adalbert, Adelbert, Bert, Brecht, Albertus

Descendants

Transliterations

• Japanese: アルベルト (Aruberuto)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlbɛrt]
• Hyphenation: Al‧bert

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name.

Declension

Norwegian

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name, cognate to Albert.

Slovak

Proper noun

Albert m

1. A male given name.

Swedish

Etymology

First recorded in Sweden in 1283. Cognate with German and English Albert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alːbært/
• Rhymes: -ært

Proper noun

Albert

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• pet form: Abbe
• female given name: Albertina