Adelbert
Adelbert is a given name of German origin, which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words adal and berht. Alternative spellings include Adalbart and Adalberto. Related names include Albert, Delbert, and Elbert. The name Adelbert may refer to:Adelbert Althouse (1869–1954), American politician Adelbert Ames (1835–1933), American politician Adelbert Ames Jr.
- German
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Adelbert
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adelbert is a given name of German origin, which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words adal and berht. Alternative spellings include Adalbart and Adalberto. Related names include Albert, Delbert, and Elbert. The name Adelbert may refer to:Adelbert Althouse (1869–1954), American politician Adelbert Ames (1835–1933), American politician Adelbert Ames Jr.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Dutch
The Story of Adelbert
American parents first put Adelbert on the record books as a baby boy name in 1880, with 28 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 86 Adelberts were born — ranking #667 that year. About 22% of every Adelbert on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Adelbert last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adelbert
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About the name Adelbert
Adelbert is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Adelbert's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #667. Use the chart and map above to compare Adelbert's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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