Alberto

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Alberto
File:Alberto Tomba.jpg
Alberto Tomba, alpine ski racer
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameRomance adaptation of an Old Germanic name
MeaningNoble and bright
Other names
See alsoAlbert, Albertus, Adalbert, Elbert, Adelbert

Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (Albertus) of Germanic Albert. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are Albertito in Spain or Albertico in some parts of Latin America, Albertino in Italian as well as Tuco as a hypocorism. It derives from the name Adalberto which in turn derives from Athala (meaning noble) and Berth (meaning bright).[1][2]

People

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  • Alberto Carlos Taquini (1905–1998), Argentine cardiologist, clinical researcher, and academic
  • Alberto Tomba (born 1966), former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy, dominant technical skier (slalom and giant slalom) in the late 1980s and 1990s
  • Alberto Ulloa (1950–2011), Dominican painter, sculptor, and poet

Used as a surname

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Fictional characters

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Other uses

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ Origin and Meaning of Alberto