Albert

Where Albert comes from

From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
— Wiktionary's entry for Albert
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Albert through the years
  1. 1875
    Albert Schweitzer born
    French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #16 among boys, with 1,493 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1910
    Peak, #14
    2,183 babies named Albert, its best rank.
  4. 1913
    Albert Camus born
    French philosopher, author, and journalist
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #298.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Albert Camus · French philosopher, author, and journalist, 1913–1960
  • Albert Schweitzer · French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher, 1875–1965
  • Albert Abraham Michelson · American physicist, 1852–1931
  • Albert II, Prince of Monaco · Prince of Monaco, born 1958
  • Albert II of Belgium · sixth king of the Belgians, born 1934

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.