Albert

Spellings & scripts●

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 17 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◐

Albert is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.1M records spelled Albert18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Adalbert, Al'Bert, Albért, Albèrt, Albêrt

• Spanish given name872K records spelled Albert13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Brazil, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Älbërt, Albërt, Âlbêrt, Al'Bert, Albért

• Russian given name179K records spelled Albert134 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Poland, Ukraine, United States

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

  Also written Альберт, Alberth, Al'Bert, Alberto, Адальберт

• Portuguese given name154K records spelled Albert58 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Netherlands, Hungary, United States

  Languages: Portuguese, English, Hungarian

  Also written Adalberto, Albertus, Adalbert, Адальберто, Адалберто

• a separate given name114K records spelled Albert9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Al'Bert, Alberṭ, Alb́ert, Albèrt, Aľbert

• Indonesian given name41K records spelled Albert3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Albert

118 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●

Albert 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 French, Germanic: noble, bright; name-day with St Albert. The page links it with marriage troubles and nostalgia in the ‘langue des oiseaux’.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Germanic name from adal ‘noble’ + berht ‘bright, illustrious’; saint Albert, name-day often 15 Nov.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Irish, Germanic ‘noble bright’; used in Ireland as an anglicisation of Ailbhe.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In French, Germanic name from elements meaning 'noble' + 'bright, famous'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In German, German surname from the given name Albert/Adalbert; plate shows r-position variation in -bert/-brecht forms.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Albert Abraham Michelsonb. 1852USAmerican physicist (1852–1931)
• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucesterb. 1900GBnot in their usual nameBritish soldier (1900–1974), Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947
• Leopold III of Belgiumb. 1901BEnot in their usual nameking of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
• Hans Albert Einsteinb. 1904CHSwiss-American engineer and educator (1904-1973)
• Albert Hofmannb. 1906CHSwiss chemist (1906–2008)
• Albert Bandurab. 1925CACanadian psychologist (1925–2021)
• Chinua Achebeb. 1930NGnot in their usual nameNigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)
• Albert Fertb. 1938FRFrench physicist, Nobel laureate in physics
• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsorb. 1960GBnot in their usual namethird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
• Prince Harry, Duke of Sussexb. 1984GBnot in their usual nameyounger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales

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 · 1,975 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Albert?

We estimate roughly 496 thousand people bear Albert (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Albert have the most bearers?

We estimate about 204 thousand people bear Albert in France, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Albert most common?

Albert is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 332 people carrying it.

How common is Albert compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Albert is the 66th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

Is Albert a male or female name?

Albert 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 Albert mean?

Recorded meaning: from the male personal name Albert, of Germanic origin, literally ‘noble-bright’