Albertus

Where Albertus comes from

Rare Latinate variant of Albert.
— Wiktionary's entry for Albertus
  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1440
    Albertus Pictor born
    painter
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Albertus Wielsma born
    Dutch rower
  4. 1883
    Peak, #892
    5 babies named Albertus — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Albertus Pictor · painter, 1440–1507
  • Albertus Wielsma · Dutch rower, 1883–1968
  • Albertus Soegijapranata · Catholic archbishop, 1896–1963
  • Albertus Geldermans · road bicycle racer, 1935–2025
  • Albertus Parisiensis · Medieval French composer, 1150–1177

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.