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 [ 3 syll. al-ber-ta, alb-e-rta ] The girl name Alberta is pronounced aeLBERTah KEY. Alberta has its origins in the Germanic language. It is used largely in English, German, Italian, and Polish. The meaning of Alberta is 'nobly famous'. Two-element name derived from adal and berht which are of the meanings 'noble, honorable' and 'bright, famous' respectively. The Canadian province Alberta was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848-1939), Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's daughter, after she married the Marquess of Lorne, governor-general of Canada (1878-1883). Alberta is the feminine form of the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert. The name Alberta is used to a great extent; it has 25 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Alba (also used in German, Italian, Spanish, and Czech), Albertha, Albertina (also used in German, Italian, and Portuguese), Albertine (also used in French and Latvian), Alli (also used in Finnish and Spanish), Allie, Alverta (also used in Greek), Berta (also used in Czech, Polish, Spanish, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Slavic), Berti, Bertina (also used in German), Berty, Elberta, Elbertina, Elbertine, Elbi, Elbie, and Elby. Other English variants include the short form Al, and the pet forms Alie (also used in Dutch and ) and Bertie. Forms of Alberta used in foreign languages include the Scandinavian Alberte, the Polish Albertyna, the Polish Alka, the German and French Bertine, and the Spanish Bertunga. Alberta is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1909 with 0.201% of baby girls being named Alberta. It was #105 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is used only on a very light scale today. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Alberta, the English Allie was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Alberta include the English Albertha, the English Albreda, the English, German, Italian, and Polish Alfreda, the Scandinavian Alberte, the English Alfredia, and the English and Greek Alverta. KEY: Pronunciation for Alberta: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
