Alberto

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Adalberto in EC Ecuador, PY Paraguay, HN Honduras.

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◐

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

• English given name1.1M records spelled Alberto30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Italy

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Älberto, Albertó, Álbértó, Älbërtô, Albeřtö

• a separate given name278K records spelled Alberto3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, Italy

  Also written Albert-O, Albertó

• Catalan given name245K records spelled Alberto8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Italy

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Albertò, Albertô, Albérto, Âlbértô, Albërtô

• Russian given name23K records spelled Alberto134 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Poland, Ukraine, United States

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

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

• Lao given name19K records spelled Alberto33 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written อัลเบอร์โต, อัลเบอร์โต้, อัลแบร์โต, อลีเบอร์โต, อัลแบรโต

• Russian given name10K records spelled Alberto15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Russia, Italy

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Альберто, Алберто, Алберту, Al'Berto, Ålberto

93 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●

Alberto 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 Portuguese, a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Albert

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

• ilustre; illustrious; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, EliasAlbelansis,Grecia Portugal

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Spanish, Contracción de Adalberto; germánico. Asociado a santos y a Albrecht (alemán).

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, dal germanico Adalbert, 'illustre per nobiltà'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Variante di Adalberto.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

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) — 135 years between 1882–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gregory VIIIb. 1100ITnot in their usual namePope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1187
• Albert IIb. 1397ATnot in their usual nameKing of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia
• Victor Emmanuel II of Italyb. 1820ITnot in their usual nameKing of Sardinia (1849–1861) and King of Italy (1861–1878)
• Alberto Moraviab. 1907ITItalian writer and journalist (1907-1990)
• Alberto Ascarib. 1918ITItalian racing driver (1918–1955)
• Albert Uderzob. 1927FRnot in their usual nameFrench comic book artist (1927–2020)
• Alberto Fujimorib. 1938PEPresident of Peru from 1990 to 2000
• Alberto Fernándezb. 1959ARpresident of Argentina from 2019 to 2023
• Martín Vizcarrab. 1963PEnot in their usual namePresident of Peru from 2018 to 2020
• Luis Alberto Suárezb. 1987UYUruguayan association football player

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 · 1,097 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alberto?

We estimate roughly 408 thousand people bear Alberto (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Alberto have the most bearers?

Alberto is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled alberto.

How common is Alberto compared with other names?

In Argentina, Alberto is the 5th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Alberto a male or female name?

Alberto 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 Alberto mean?

Recorded meaning: from Germanic *adal- 'noble' + *berht- 'bright'