Delbert
[ˈdɛl.bɝt]Meaning
short form of Adelbert, from German adal "noble" and berht "bright"
Background Story
Delbert is a short form of Adelbert, a name formed from the German words adal, meaning noble, and berht, meaning bright. As an American name it was first used in the New York area by people of Dutch ancestry. It is also recorded as a given name in Albanian, Anglo-Saxon, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, German and Germanic.
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