Adalbert

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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Germanic, German
Pronounced Pron. A-dal-behrt(German)
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Meaning & History

Old Germanic form of ALBERT. This is the name of a patron saint of Bohemia, Poland and Prussia. He is known by his birth name Vojtěch in Czech and Wojciech in Polish.

Related Names

VariantsAdalberht, Albert, Albertus(Ancient Germanic) Adelbert, Albert, Albrecht(German)
Other Languages & CulturesÆðelberht, Æþelbeorht(Anglo-Saxon) Albert(Catalan) Albert(Danish) Adelbert, Albert, Albertus, Abe, Bert, Brecht, Elbert(Dutch) Albert, Ethelbert, Al, Albie, Bert, Bertie, Delbert(English) Alpertti, Altti, Pertti(Finnish) Albert, Aubert(French) Abbe, Abe(Frisian) Alberte(Galician) Albert(Hungarian) Albert(Icelandic) Adalberto, Alberto, Berto(Italian) Albaer, Baer, Bèr(Limburgish) Albertas(Lithuanian) Albert(Norwegian) Albert(Polish) Adalberto, Alberto(Portuguese) Albert(Romanian) Albert(Russian) Adalberto, Alberto, Berto(Spanish) Albert(Swedish)

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Sources & References

  • Ernst Förstemann, Altdeutsches namenbuch (1900), page 163

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