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Alberta

Alberta: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“noble and bright”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
al-BER-tuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Feminine form of Albert, from the Germanic elements adal 'noble' and beraht 'bright'. Also used in Italian as Alberta.

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How popular is Alberta?

20242.7 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Alberta in 20249

Peak year1909

Total US babies since 188070,754

Alberta is steady now but far below its 1909 peak.

Names like Alberta

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Albertnoble and bright · Germanic
  • Albertonoble and bright · Germanic
  • Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
  • Ameliawork · Germanic
  • Ellaall, completely · Germanic
  • Alicenoble type · Germanic
  • Adelinenoble · Germanic
  • Milliegentle strength · Germanic

Alberta questions

What does the name Alberta mean?

Alberta means "noble and bright". It comes from Germanic. Feminine form of Albert, from the Germanic elements adal 'noble' and beraht 'bright'. Also used in Italian as Alberta.

Is Alberta a boy or girl name?

Alberta is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Alberta?

9 US babies were named Alberta in 2024. Its peak year was 1909.

How do you pronounce Alberta?

Alberta is usually pronounced al-BER-tuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.