Alberta

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Alberta is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English64%

  Feminine form of Albert; also the name of a Canadian province

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  Leon Battista, Italian Renaissance

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  province, Canada; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Spanish25%

  Alberta (a province in western Canada)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Alberta, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Bertha
• Bernice
• Bernadette
• Roberta
• Barbara
• Beulah
• Canada
• Birdy
• Bobbie
• Blanche
• Bernie
• Columbia

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Alberta is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Albert-A

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

  Also written Albertã

• Russian given name20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Poland, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

  Also written Альберта, Al'Berta, Алберта, Albertã

• Greek given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Peru

  Also written Almperta, Αλμπέρτα, Αλβερτα, Alverta, Αλμπερτα

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Alberta is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Se Albertina.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, ) Alberte: weibl. Vom., weibli­ che Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyllb. 1848GBnot in their usual nameViceregal consort of Canada (1848–1939)
• Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhineb. 1863DEnot in their usual nameMember of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt (1863–1950)
• Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fifeb. 1891GBnot in their usual nameBritish princess; elder daughter of Louise, Princess Royal, and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1891-1959)
• Alberta Hunterb. 1895USAmerican blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984)
• Alberta Williams Kingb. 1904USmother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1904–1974)
• Alberta Vaughnb. 1904USactress (1904-1992)
• Alberta Ferrettib. 1950ITItalian fashion designer and costume department (born 1950)
• Alberta Watsonb. 1955CACanadian actress (1955–2015)
• Alberta Briantib. 1980ITItalian tennis player
• Alberta Santucciob. 1994ITItalian fencer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Alberta mean, and where does it come from?

Feminine form of Albert; also the name of a Canadian province Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….

Is Alberta a male or female name?

Alberta is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed as female; Spain (INE): listed as female; Finland (DVV): listed under both sexes. We don't publish a percentage split.

What are other forms of the name Alberta?

In the etymology graph, Tina, Albertina and Birdie are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Alberta?

A machine transcription gives /æɫˈbɝtə/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Alberta have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named Alberta, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alberta.

How common is the name Alberta?

In the United States, the national register counted 20,221 people named Alberta in 2020, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.

How common is Alberta compared with other names?

In the United States, Alberta is the 951st most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.