Meaning of the nameAlbertina

Female
Germanic origin
Al-ber-ti-na

Albertina is a feminine name of Germanic origin, a feminine diminutive of Albert (Alberto), a name that combines the elements 'noble' and 'bright'.

Meaning

“feminine diminutive of Albert (Alberto), 'noble and bright'”

Source: Behind the Name: Albertina · Behind the Name: Albert

People (2022): 18,582
Rank in Brazil: #1,117
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 25,910; people

Albertina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Albertina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (5,320 people).

18,473 women 109 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 Albertina is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.036%
Piauí 0.021%
Tocantins 0.018%
Maranhão 0.015%
Pernambuco 0.012%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,110	0.007%
Santa Catarina	2,726	0.036%
Bahia	1,482	0.011%
Minas Gerais	1,234	0.006%
Pernambuco	1,124	0.012%
Rio de Janeiro	1,052	0.007%
Maranhão	995	0.015%
Rio Grande do Sul	789	0.007%
Paraná	745	0.007%
Ceará	728	0.008%
Piauí	698	0.021%
Pará	603	0.007%
Goiás	456	0.007%
Amazonas	324	0.008%
Alagoas	320	0.010%
Paraíba	319	0.008%
Mato Grosso	300	0.008%
Tocantins	273	0.018%
Rio Grande do Norte	256	0.008%
Distrito Federal	225	0.008%
Espírito Santo	198	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	168	0.006%
Sergipe	142	0.006%
Rondônia	125	0.008%
Acre	80	0.010%
Roraima	56	0.009%
Amapá	54	0.007%

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

About the name Albertina

Behind the Name defines Albertina as a feminine diminutive of Albert, used in Italian and Portuguese, and explains Albert through the Germanic name Adalbert, 'noble and bright', from adal, 'noble', and beraht, 'bright'. The English section of Wiktionary gives the same derivation, Albert plus -ina, and the Portuguese section records Albertina as the name of a municipality in Minas Gerais. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 18,582 people named Albertina, with a median age of 65; proportionally, the name is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Albertina

What does the name Albertina mean?

Albertina means “feminine diminutive of Albert (Alberto), 'noble and bright'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Albertina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 18,582 people with the first name Albertina, which ranks it number 1,117 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Albertina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 18,473 women and 109 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Albertina?

Albertina is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Albertina most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.036% of the state's population is named Albertina (2,726 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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