Adalbert (given name)

Adalbert is a German male first name.

  • 4.1 as a surname

Origin and Meaning of the Name

The name comes from the Old High German word adal ( noble mind ) and beraht / bereht (glossy, famous) together. A shortened form of the name is Albert.

It corresponds to the old English Æþelbeorht or Æþelbriht, from which developed the last name Albright.

Name-day

Name day is the

  • February 26
  • April 23: St. Adalbert of Prague (Protestant, Catholic)
  • 20 June: Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg ( Catholic)
  • November 26: St. Albert ( Adalbert ) of Oberaltaich ( Catholic)

Variants

  • Aethelberht
  • Adalbrecht, Adalbero, Adelbert, Albero, Albert, Albrecht, Delbert, precious Bert
  • Female: Adel Berta, Alberta
  • Low German: Ahlert
  • Polish: Wojciech
  • Italian, Portuguese, Spanish: Adalberto
  • Slovak: Vojtech
  • Czech: Vojtěch
  • Hungarian Béla

Saint Adalbert

St. Adalbert ( Adalbert of Prague) was originally Vojtěch and later took as his firm name the name Adalbert of his mentor, the Adalbert of Magdeburg, the later Holy Adelbert. Therefore, the Slavic name Vojtěch, Wojciech etc. considered variants of the name Adalbert. However, the Slavic names are not etymologically related to the name Adalbert.

As Saint Adalbert or Albert will continue to be referred:

  • Saint Albert of Liège (1160-1192), bishop of Reims, also known as the Holy Albrecht I of Leuven
  • Saint Albert the Great (1200-1280), Bishop of Cologne, also known as Albertus Magnus, Albertus Teutonicus, Albertus Coloniensis, the German Albert, Albert of Lauingen.

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Adalbert, Bishop of Mainz, ( 500 )
  • Adalbert II of Ballenstedt (around 1030-1080 ), Count of Ballenstedt
  • Adalbert of Bavaria (1886-1970), German historian and writer
  • Adalbert Wilhelm of Bavaria (1828-1875), Prince of Bavaria and Prince of Greece
  • Adalbert of Bytom
  • Adalbert I of Salzburg († 874), Archbishop of Salzburg ( 873-874 )
  • Adalbert II of Salzburg (around 875-935 ), Archbishop of Salzburg ( 923-935 )
  • Adalbert III. of Bohemia (1145-1200), Archbishop of Salzburg (1168-1177 and 1182-1200)
  • Adalbert of Bremen (~ 1000-1072 ), Archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg
  • Adalbert the Illustrious ( † about 900/906 ), Count in Thurgau, Albgau, Hegau and Berthold Baar
  • Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838), German poet
  • Adalbert of Entringen ( 11th and 12th centuries ), noble gentleman in Entringen
  • Adalbert of Fohnsdorf († 1322), 1293-1322 Bishop of Chiemsee
  • Adalbert I of Ivrea († 923 ), Margrave of Ivrea
  • Adalbert II of Ivrea (~ 936-971 ), Margrave of Ivrea
  • Adalbert H. Lhota ( born 1946 ), Chairman of the AVD
  • Adalbert of Lorraine (1000-1048), Duke of Lorraine
  • Luczkowski Adalbert (1900-1971), German musician
  • Matkowsky Adalbert (1857-1909), German actor
  • Adalbert von Falkenstein (1671-1739), Bishop in Timisoara
  • Adalbert of Magdeburg (~ 910-981 ), bishop of Magdeburg
  • Adalbert von Minden, 902-905 Bishop of Minden
  • George Adalbert of Mülverstedt (1825-1914), archivist and historian
  • Adalbert of Pomerania ( † ~ 1162 ), Bishop
  • Adalbert of Prague ( † 997), bishop of Prague
  • Adalbert of Prussia (1811-1873), Prince and founder of the first German naval
  • Adalbert of Passau ( † 970 ), Bishop
  • Adalbert II of Regau, Count
  • Rethi Adalbert (1943-2008), the Romanian- Hungarian table tennis player
  • Adalbert III. of Saxony (1467-1484), Administrator of the Archbishopric of Mainz
  • Adalbert the Victorious (~ 985-1055 ), Margrave of Austria, member of the House of Babenberg
  • Adalbert I of Saarbrücken († 1137 ), Archbishop of Mainz
  • Adalbert II of Saarbrücken († 1141 ), Archbishop of Mainz
  • Adalbert of Saffenberg († 1110 ), Count of Saffenberg / Saffenburg
  • Adalbert of Schauenburg († 1073 ), adversary Otto of Northeim
  • Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868), Austrian poet
  • Adalbert II of Tuscany († 915 ), Margrave of Tuscany
  • Adalbert I of Vermandois ( 915-987 order ), Count of Vermandois, a member of the House of Carolingian
  • Adalbert I of Winterthur (c. 960-1030 ), Count of Winterthur
  • Adalbert II of Winterthur (c. 1010-1053 ), Count of Winterthur

As a family

Albert (given name) Adalbert (archbishop of Magdeburg) Etymology Adalbert of Hamburg Adalbert of Italy Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine Adalbert of Saxony Adalbert, Margrave of Austria Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois Prinz Adalbert
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