Adalberto

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Albert in HU Hungary, FI Finland, SE Sweden and 5 more, Albertus in NL Netherlands, ZA South Africa, BE Belgium and 1 more and Adalbert in PL Poland, DE Germany, AT Austria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Adalberto is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name364K records spelled Adalberto192 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Alberto, Alberte, Adalbert, Aldebert, Álberto

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Adalberto is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, a male given name, an older variant of Alberto

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Perteneciente a la nobleza, famoso por nobleza

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Italian, Germanico, da adal «nobile» + berht «illustre».

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Dante (Inferno, X S I X , 109) fa menzione di iin Albero d a Siena. Cogn. Albero, Alberini, Alberoni. Per i piemontesi Berrini, Berruti, Berutto è forse più probabile Bar- bara, Barbaro. Vedi a suo luogo.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• Uomo di illustre nobiltà

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 113 years between 1906–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Adalbert of Italyb. 932FRnot in their usual nameKing of Italy from 950 until 961
• Prince Adalbert of Bavariab. 1828DEnot in their usual namePrince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828-1875)
• Prince Adalbert of Prussiab. 1884DEnot in their usual nameGerman prince (1884-1948)
• Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamob. 1898ITItalian prince (1898-1982)
• Bitto Albertinib. 1924ITnot in their usual nameItalian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (1924–1999)
• Adalberto Maria Merlib. 1938ITItalian actor and voice actor
• Adalberto Peñarandab. 1997VEVenezuelan association football player
• Adalberto Carrasquillab. 1998PAPanamanian footballer
• AdalbertBEnot in their usual nameNobleman
• Adalbert I of Ivreanot in their usual name9/10th-century Margrave of Ivrea

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 626 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adalberto?

We estimate roughly 583 thousand people bear Adalberto (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Adalberto have the most bearers?

We estimate about 204 thousand people bear Adalberto in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled adalberto.

Where is Adalberto most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Adalberto is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 313 people — even though France holds more of our records for it.

How common is Adalberto compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Adalberto is the 74th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

Is Adalberto a male or female name?

Adalberto is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Adalberto mean?

Recorded meaning: Germanic Adalberht: adal 'noble' + berht 'bright, shining'