Tags: Given Name, Name.
Adalbert is an archaic given name which means noble-bright noble-shining or “shining by the nobility”. It comes from Germanic adal or edel (noble) and berht (shining or bright).In France the name first appeared in the ninth century and its usage increased for about 200 years. Thereafter it was increasingly supplanted by the shortened form of Albert or Elbert.In modern times use of the name is rare but still attested on some occasions.