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
Along the way
  1. 1875
    Albert Schweitzer born
    French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #16 among boys — 1,493 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1910
    Peak, #14
    2,183 babies named Albert — more than any year before or since.
  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.