Comments for the name Albrecht

Pronunciation: AWL-brekht [noted -ed]
Considered old fashioned in Germany.

This is also a surname (very popular where I live) and it's pronounced AHL-bright.

This name is also used in the Netherlands, where it is more an archaic or medieval form of Albert. When compared to the less long-winded and more modern Albert, it is rarely used there.

A famous bearer of this name was the German painter Albrecht Dürer.

Albrecht Durer was a German Renaissance artist who lived in the 15th and 16th Centuries. His portraits and watercolors are beautiful, but he also did engravings. He was also a mathematical theorist. A real Renaissance man.

I know a person with this as their surname.
It's pronounced like Albright.

Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538) was a German painter, printmaker, draughtsman and architect, active in Regensburg.

Albrecht was one of the sons of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and his wife Maria Luisa of Spain. He died young.

Albrecht (1255-1308) was the oldest son of German King Rudolf I and his wife Gertrud of Hohenburg. He later became King Albrecht I of Germany (also known as Albert I).

Albrecht (1580-1580) was the son of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia and his wife Marie Eleonore.

Albrecht (1443-1500) was the son of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and his wife Margarete of Austria.

Albrecht (1559-1621) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and his wife Maria of Spain.

Albrecht (1528-1579) was the son of William IV, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Jakobaea. He later became Duke Albrecht V.

Albrecht (1584-1666) was the son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Renata.

Albrecht (1809-1872) was the son of King Frederick William III of Prussia and his wife Luise.

Albrecht (1539-1539) was the son of Albert, Duke of Prussia and his wife Dorothea.

Albrecht (1553-1618) was also the name of another son of Albert, Duke of Prussia and his wife Anna.

Albrecht (1609-1609) was the son of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Anna.

Albrecht (1545-1546) was the son of Maurice, Elector of Saxony and his wife Agnes.

Albrecht (1672-1731) was the son of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and his second wife Sophie.

Albrecht (1298-1358) was the son of King Albert I of Germany and his wife Elisabeth.

Albrecht (1336-1404) was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and his wife Margarete.