Alberta (given name)

{{Infobox given name2 | name = Alberta | image= | image_size= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = Noble and Bright | language = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | related names = [[Albert (given name)|Albert]], [[Albertina (given name)|Albertina]], [[Albertine (given name)|Albertine]] }}

'''Alberta''' is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic words ''[[Ethel (disambiguation)|adal]]'' "noble" and ''[[beraht]]'' "right".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/a/origin-and-meaning-of-albert.htm |title=Mfnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Albert |access-date=2014-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035650/http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/a/origin-and-meaning-of-albert.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> '''Alberta''' may refer to:

== Notable people named Alberta == * [[Princess Louise Caroline Alberta]] (1848–1939), daughter of [[Queen Victoria]] and namesake of the [[Alberta|Canadian province]] * [[Alberta of Agen]] (died 286), Roman martyr * [[Alberta, Queen of Castile]] (fl. 1071), wife of [[Sancho II of Castile and León|Sancho II]] * [[Alberta Adams]] (1917–2014), American blues singer * [[Alberta Alexandrescu]], Romanian pianist * [[Alberta Ampomah]] (born 1994), Ghanaian weightlifter * [[Alberta Anderson]], American politician * [[Alberta Bigagli]] (1928–2017), Italian psychologist and poet * [[Alberta Brianti]] (born 1980), Italian tennis player * [[Alberta Cariño]] (died 2010), Mexican human rights defender * [[Alberta Jeannette Cassell]] (1926–2007), American architect and children's book author * [[Alberta Cleland]] (1876–1960), Canadian painter and educator * [[Alberta Darling]] (born 1944), American educator and congresswoman from Wisconsin * [[Alberta Gallatin]] (1861–1948), American stage and film actress * [[Alberta Gay]] (1913–1987), mother of singer [[Marvin Gaye]] * [[Alberta Pierson Hannum]] (1906–1985), American author * [[Alberta Hunter]] (1895–1984), American jazz singer and songwriter * [[Alberta Martin]] (1906–2004), once thought to have been the last surviving widow of a Confederate soldier * [[Alberta Johanna Meijer-Smetz]] (1893–1953), Dutch painter * [[Alberta Jones Seaton]] (1924–2014), American zoologist * [[Alberta Odell Jones]] (1930–1965), American attorney and civil rights icon * [[Alberta Kinsey]] (1875–1952), American painter * [[Alberta Lee]] (1860–1928), American stage and film actress * [[Alberta Masiello]] (1915–1990), Italian-American conductor and opera singer * [[Alberta Mayne]] (born 1980), Canadian actress, theatre producer, and social activist * [[Alberta Mennega]] (1912–2009), Dutch botanist * [[Alberta Montagu, Countess of Sandwich]] (1877–1951), American heiress and British aristocrat * [[Alberta Neiswanger Hall]] (1870–1956), American composer and children's book author * [[Alberta Nelson]] (1937–2006), American television and film actress * [[Alberta Nichols]] (1898–1957), American songwriter * [[Alberta Pfeiffer]] (1899–1994), American architect * [[Alberta Sackey]] (born 1972), Ghanaian footballer * [[Alberta Santuccio]] (born 1994), Italian fencer * [[Alberta Virginia Scott]] (c. 1875–1902), American educator * [[Alberta Schenck Adams]] (1928–2009), American civil rights activist * Alberta Sheriff ({{fl.|1998–1999}}), also known as [[Alberta (singer)|Alberta]], a singer from [[Sierra Leone]] * [[Alberta Slim]] (1910–2005), Canadian country singer * [[Alberta Tinsley-Talabi]] (born 1954), American congresswoman from Michigan * [[Alberta Banner Turner]] (1909–2008), American professor and psychologist * [[Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos]] (1865–1953), Filipino woman's rights activist * [[Alberta Vaughn]] (1904–1992), American silent film actress * [[Alberta Watson]] (1955–2015), Canadian film and television actress * [[Alberta Whittle]] (born 1980), Barbadian-Scottish artist * [[Alberta Williams King]] (1904–1974), mother of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] * [[Alberta Zanardi]] (born 1940), Italian sprint canoer

==See also== *[[Albert (given name)]] *[[Albert (surname)]] *[[Alberta (disambiguation)]] *{{lookfrom|Alberta}} *[[Albreta Moore Smith]] (c. 1875–1957) American writer, [[clubwoman]]

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