Adelbert
Only nine people in Poland carry it, and not a single boy has been given it since 2000, so meeting one would stick with you. It comes from the Germanic adal, noble, and beraht, bright.
Adelbert Pronunciation
Adelbert is pronounced ah-DEL-bert (/aˈdɛlbɛrt/).
What Adelbert means
Where Adelbert comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Adelbert grows from two old Germanic words. Adal meant noble, beraht meant bright, and the name still holds that sense: noble, bright. The two halves were common building blocks in early German naming, so Adelbert kept good company. Its close variant Adalbert keeps both parts almost unchanged.
The name's German line runs through one famous figure. Adalbert of Prague, a bishop killed in 997, became a patron saint of Poland. Poles know him as Wojciech, the Slavic name he took at confirmation, though Latin and German records kept him Adalbert. His relics rest at Gniezno. His feast falls on 23 April.
The name arrives already noble. On a class register a child called Adelbert stands near the older Adalbert and the Polish Wojciech. All trace back to adal, noble, and beraht, bright.
When Adelbert celebrates name day
Adelbert appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 25 June.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Adelbert
1 in 2371799 men in Poland is named Adelbert. 9 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #16867 among male names.
Adelbert as a middle name
Adelbert is a first name for 9 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 64/36 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4549th, between Adeel (5) and Adugna (5).
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#4547 Addisu5
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#4548 Adeel5
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#4549 Adelbert5
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#4550 Adugna5
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#4551 Aftab5