Alberta (given name)

Alberta

Gender	Female
Language	Germanic
Origin
Meaning	Noble and Bright
Other names
Related names	Albert, Albertina, Albertine

Alberta is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic words adal "noble" and beraht "right". ^[1] Alberta may refer to:

Translations

• Catalan: Alberta
• Danish: Alberte
• Dutch: Albertina
• French: Albertine
• German: Albertina
• Italian: Alberta
• Polish: Alberta
• Portuguese: Albertina
• Spanish: Alberta
• Welsh: Alberta

Notable people named Alberta

• Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), daughter of Queen Victoria and namesake of the Canadian province
• Alberta of Agen (died 286), Roman martyr
• Alberta, Queen of Castile (fl. 1071), wife of Sancho II
• Alberta Adams (1917–2014), American blues singer
• Alberta Alexandrescu, Romanian pianist
• Alberta Ampomah (born 1994), Ghanaian weightlifter
• Alberta Anderson, American politician
• Alberta Bigagli (1928–2017), Italian psychologist and poet
• Alberta Brianti (born 1980), Italian tennis player
• Alberta Cariño (died 2010), Mexican human rights defender
• Alberta Jeannette Cassell (1926–2007), American architect and children's book author
• Alberta Cleland (1876–1960), Canadian painter and educator
• Alberta Darling (born 1944), American educator and congresswoman from Wisconsin
• Alberta Gallatin (1861–1948), American stage and film actress
• Alberta Gay (1913–1987), mother of singer Marvin Gaye
• Alberta Pierson Hannum (1906–1985), American author
• Alberta Hunter (1895–1984), American jazz singer and songwriter
• Alberta Martin (1906–2004), once thought to have been the last surviving widow of a Confederate soldier
• Alberta Johanna Meijer-Smetz (1893–1953), Dutch painter
• Alberta Jones Seaton (1924–2014), American zoologist
• Alberta Odell Jones (1930–1965), American attorney and civil rights icon
• Alberta Kinsey (1875–1952), American painter
• Alberta Lee (1860–1928), American stage and film actress
• Alberta Masiello (1915–1990), Italian-American conductor and opera singer
• Alberta Mayne (born 1980), Canadian actress, theatre producer, and social activist
• Alberta Mennega (1912–2009), Dutch botanist
• Alberta Montagu, Countess of Sandwich (1877–1951), American heiress and British aristocrat
• Alberta Neiswanger Hall (1870–1956), American composer and children's book author
• Alberta Nelson (1937–2006), American television and film actress
• Alberta Nichols (1898–1957), American songwriter
• Alberta Pfeiffer (1899–1994), American architect
• Alberta Sackey (born 1972), Ghanaian footballer
• Alberta Santuccio (born 1994), Italian fencer
• Alberta Virginia Scott (c. 1875–1902), American educator
• Alberta Schenck Adams (1928–2009), American civil rights activist
• Alberta Sheriff (fl. 1998–1999), also known as Alberta, a singer from Sierra Leone
• Alberta Slim (1910–2005), Canadian country singer
• Alberta Tinsley-Talabi (born 1954), American congresswoman from Michigan
• Alberta Banner Turner (1909–2008), American professor and psychologist
• Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos (1865–1953), Filipino woman's rights activist
• Alberta Vaughn (1904–1992), American silent film actress
• Alberta Watson (1955–2015), Canadian film and television actress
• Alberta Whittle (born 1980), Barbadian-Scottish artist
• Alberta Williams King (1904–1974), mother of Martin Luther King Jr.
• Alberta Zanardi (born 1940), Italian sprint canoer

See also

• Albert (given name)
• Albert (surname)
• Alberta (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Alberta
• Albreta Moore Smith (c. 1875–1957) American writer, clubwoman

References

1. "Mfnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Albert". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-11-12.