Meaning of the nameAdalberto

Adalberto is a male name of Germanic origin, from the Latin Adalbertus, linked to Adalbert, a name that Behind the Name translates as 'noble and bright'.

Meaning

“'noble and bright' (from Adalbert)”

Source: Behind the Name: Albert

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People (2022): 40,638
Rank in Brazil: #661
Median age: 51 years
2010 Census: 48,146; people

Adalberto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adalberto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (9,353 people).

119 women 40,519 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Adalberto is most common

States with the highest share of people named Adalberto in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.029%
Paraíba 0.028%
Acre 0.026%
Bahia 0.025%
Piauí 0.024%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	10,311	0.023%
Minas Gerais	3,702	0.018%
Bahia	3,526	0.025%
Rio de Janeiro	3,504	0.022%
Pernambuco	2,072	0.023%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,706	0.016%
Paraná	1,676	0.015%
Pará	1,556	0.019%
Ceará	1,420	0.016%
Santa Catarina	1,255	0.017%
Goiás	1,241	0.018%
Amazonas	1,149	0.029%
Paraíba	1,117	0.028%
Maranhão	1,054	0.016%
Piauí	792	0.024%
Mato Grosso	641	0.018%
Distrito Federal	590	0.021%
Mato Grosso do Sul	532	0.019%
Espírito Santo	502	0.013%
Rio Grande do Norte	470	0.014%
Alagoas	462	0.015%
Sergipe	399	0.018%
Rondônia	274	0.017%
Tocantins	261	0.017%
Acre	212	0.026%
Amapá	123	0.017%
Roraima	91	0.014%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Adalberto

Wiktionary traces Adalberto to the Latin Adalbertus, coming from the West Germanic *Aþalaberht, and gives it as a doublet of Alberto. Behind the Name treats Adalberto as a variant of Alberto and explains Albert through the Germanic name Adalbert, 'noble and bright', from the elements adal ('noble') and beraht ('bright'). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 40,638 people named Adalberto, with a median age of 51. The name is almost always male, most of the people recorded were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and, proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

Wiktionary: Adalberto · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Adalberto · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Albert · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Adalberto

What does the name Adalberto mean?

Adalberto means “'noble and bright' (from Adalbert)”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Adalberto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 40,638 people with the first name Adalberto, which ranks it number 661 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Adalberto a boy's or a girl's name?

Adalberto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 119 women and 40,519 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adalberto?

Adalberto is a name of Germanic and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adalberto most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.029% of the state's population is named Adalberto (1,149 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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