Albert

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Male Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Old Danish
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

German short form of Adalbert

Related Names

See Adalberaht

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Albertinpoika
Albertsen
Albertson
Albertssen
Albertsson
Albertssøn
Albertsøn

Female

Albertdatter
Albertintytär
Albertsdatter
Albertsdotter
Albertdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Albert
Genitive:	Alberts

- Faroese
Nominative:	Albert
Accusative:	Albert
Dative:	Alberti
Genitive:	Alberts

- Finnish
Nominative:	Albert
Genitive:	Albertin
Partitive:	Albertia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Albert
Accusative:	Albert
Dative:	Albert / Alberti
Genitive:	Alberts

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Albert
Genitive:	Alberts

- Swedish
Nominative:	Albert
Genitive:	Alberts

Name Days

Denmark

30 August

Finland

24 April

Norway

24 April

Finland (Swedish Language)

24 April

Sweden

30 August

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name
• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Pronunciation

• Swedish: ['albæʈ] or ['albəʈ] (key)

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark:
  • 12th century
• Sweden:
  • 1283
  • 13th century
• Norway:
  • 14th century
• Iceland:
  • 1703 (Rangárvallasýsla)

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • -1919
  • 1885-1909
• Denmark:
  • -1910
  • 1990-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • København
• Sweden:
  • Norrbotten (19th century) see map
  • Sydsverige
  • Gotland
  • Dalarna

Namesakes

• Albert Bonnier (21 October 1820 - 26 July 1900), Swedish publisher
• Albert Laurentius Johannes Engström, Swedish Artist (12 May 1869-16 November 1940)

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 23022 people were named Albert (percentage of first or only given name: 20 %)

• Albert is also used as an Icelandic horse name

• Albert is an IKEA product name (shelving unit)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		3282	11144	0	19	3282	11125
Finland		n.a.	12167	0	0	n.a.	12167
Denmark		4591	n.a.	0	n.a.	4591	n.a.
Iceland		227	333	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		25	63	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		1966	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	1966	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Albert (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.