Albert

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Germanic languages.
• A constituency in Belize
• city Kansas (state)
• rural municipality Manitoba (province)
• town New South Wales (state)
• ghost town Texas (state)

Noun

• Synonym of Albert chain

Origin

• From Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht, a compound of *aþalaz + *berhtaz, or from French/Norman Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.