Adalbert
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thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Adalbert of Prague by Mihály Kovács. Adalbert is a German given name which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words adal (meaning noble) and berht (shining or bright). Alternative spellings include Adelbart, Adelbert and Adalberto. Derivative names include Albert and Elbert.
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- Given name2.name
- Adalbert
- Given name2.gender
- Male
- Given name2.meaning
- noble bright
- Given name2.language
- German
- Given name2.see also
- Adalberto, Albert, Adelbert, Adalberht, Adalbrecht, Albrecht, Elbert, Alberto
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- Adalbert
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- A341
- Cologne phonetics
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thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Adalbert of Prague by Mihály Kovács. Adalbert is a German given name which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words adal (meaning noble) and berht (shining or bright). Alternative spellings include Adelbart, Adelbert and Adalberto. Derivative names include Albert and Elbert.
Because St Adalbert of Prague (†997), early mediaeval missionary who became Czech, Polish and Hungarian patron saint, at his confirmation changed his name from native Vojtěch to Adalbert, this Germanic name has been artificially assigned to Slavonic Vojtěch/Wojciech ("he who is happy in battle") and via the same process have been the names Vojtěch and Adalbert connected with Hungarian name Béla (maybe "inner part") – so, in Central European settings these three names are taken as the equivalents, although they have no linguistic connection to each other.