Albert

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


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Albert

masc. proper name, from German (the French form is Aubert), from Old High German Adalbert, literally "noble-bright," from Old High German adal "noble family," from Proto-Germanic *athala- (see atheling) + second element is from Proto-Germanic *berhta- "bright," from PIE root *bhereg- "to shine; bright, white."

The compound is cognate with Old English Æþelbeorht (which sometimes was metathesized as Æþelbriht, hence the surname Albright). As a kind of watch chain, from 1861 (see Prince Albert).