# Alberta (given name)

Alberta is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic words adal "noble" and beraht "right". Alberta may refer to:

## Translations

* Catalan: Alberta
* Danish: Alberte
* Dutch: Albertina
* French: Albertine
* German: Albertina
* Italian: Alberta
* Polish: Alberta
* Portuguese: Albertina
* Spanish: Alberta
* Welsh: Alberta

## Notable people named Alberta

* Princess Louise Caroline Alberta (1848–1939), daughter of Queen Victoria and namesake of the Canadian province
* Alberta of Agen (died 286), Roman martyr
* Alberta, Queen of Castile (fl. 1071), wife of Sancho II
* Alberta Adams (1917–2014), American blues singer
* Alberta Alexandrescu, Romanian pianist
* Alberta Ampomah (born 1994), Ghanaian weightlifter
* 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, 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