Albert is the English form of the Germanic Adalbert, from adal, "noble", and beraht, "bright", so it means "noble and bright". Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert made it a Victorian favorite, and Albert Einstein gave it a scientific glow. In the United States Albert was a top 20 name in the early 1900s; it ranked number 281 in 2000, peaked within this century at number 280 in 2001 and stands at number 614 in 2025.