# Albrecht (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/albrecht/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Albrecht

- Albrecht Kossel, German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
- Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Y
- Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter (1480–1538)
- Albrecht Penck, German geologist and geographer (1858–1945)
- Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, German Generalfeldmarschall (1865–1939)
- Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Austrian officer (1817–1895)
- Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, Elector of Brandenburg
- Albrecht Weber, German indologist (1825–1901)
- Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, German botanist (1757-1834)
- Duke Albrecht II, Duke of Mecklenburg, Duke of Mecklenburg
- Albrecht Daniel Thaer, German agronomist and an avid supporter of the humus theory for plant nutrition (1752–1828
- Albrecht Brandi, German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.