Albertine

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French feminine form of ALBERT.

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
FRENCH: Alberte
EQUIVALENTS
DANISH: Alberte
DUTCH: Albertina, Brechtje
ENGLISH: Alberta, Bertina
GERMAN: Alberta, Albertina
ITALIAN: Alberta, Albertina
POLISH: Alberta
PORTUGUESE: Alberta, Albertina
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Tina, Tineke
ITALIAN: Tina
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Adalberht, Adalbert, Albert, Albertus
ANGLO-SAXON: Æþelbeorht, Æðelberht
CATALAN: Albert
DANISH: Albert
DUTCH: Abe, Adelbert, Albert, Albertus, Bert, Brecht, Elbert
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