Elbert

  • [ EL-bərt ]
  • Dutch
Dutch variant of ADELBERT.

ADELBERT   male   German, Dutch
German and Dutch variant of ADALBERT.
ADALBERT   male   Ancient Germanic, German, Polish
Old Germanic form of ALBERT. This is the name of a patron saint of Bohemia, Poland and Prussia.
ALBERT   male   English, French, Catalan, German, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Romanian, Hungarian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was common among medieval German royalty. The Normans introduced it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Æðelberht. Though it became rare in England by the 17th century, it was repopularized in the 19th century by the German-born Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.

This name was borne by two 20th-century kings of Belgium. Other famous bearers include the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus (1913-1960), a French-Algerian writer and philosopher.
FULL FORMS
DUTCH: Adelbert, Albert, Albertus
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Adalberht, Adalbert, Albert, Albertus
ANGLO-SAXON: Æþelbeorht, Æðelberht
CATALAN: Albert
DANISH: Albert
DUTCH: Abe, Bert, Brecht
ENGLISH: Al, Albert, Bert, Bertie, Delbert, Ethelbert
FINNISH: Alpertti, Altti, Pertti
FRENCH: Albert, Aubert
FRISIAN: Abbe, Abe
GALICIAN: Alberte
GERMAN: Adalbert, Adelbert, Albert, Albrecht, Bert
HUNGARIAN: Albert
ICELANDIC: Albert
ITALIAN: Adalberto, Alberto, Berto
LIMBURGISH: Albaer, Baer, Bèr
LITHUANIAN: Albertas
NORWEGIAN: Albert
POLISH: Adalbert, Albert
PORTUGUESE: Adalberto, Alberto
ROMANIAN: Albert
RUSSIAN: Albert
SPANISH: Adalberto, Alberto, Berto
SWEDISH: Albert
FEMININE FORMS
DANISH: Alberte
DUTCH: Albertina, Brechtje, Tina, Tineke
ENGLISH: Alberta, Bertina
FRENCH: Alberte, Albertine
GERMAN: Alberta, Albertina
ITALIAN: Alberta, Albertina, Tina
POLISH: Alberta
PORTUGUESE: Alberta, Albertina