The first name Alberta

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About the first name Alberta

Meaning

The name Alberta is a form related to Albert and shares its traditional meaning: “noble and bright”.

Historical origin

Alberta belongs to the same name family as Albert. The name Albert comes from Germanic Adalbert, combining adal “noble” and beraht “bright, illustrious”.

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In archival records, Alberta may coexist with Albert or other spellings from the same name family, so variants are worth considering in genealogical research.

Pronunciation:al-ber-taalbɛʁt.a

Frequency of the first name Alberta by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Alberta by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name AlbertaLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Alberta in baptisms by year.201510501810183618621888191419401810–1814 1 baptisms1825–1829 1 baptisms1865–1869 1 baptisms1870–1874 3 baptisms1880–1884 7 baptisms1885–1889 8 baptisms1890–1894 13 baptisms1895–1899 5 baptisms1900–1904 6 baptisms1905–1909 5 baptisms1910–1914 13 baptisms1915–1919 6 baptisms1920–1924 2 baptisms1925–1929 3 baptisms1930–1934 2 baptisms1935–1939 1 baptisms1940–1944 1 baptisms

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