This surname has Anglo-Saxon pre-8th century origins; spelling variations include Albert, Albertson and Alberts in English names. It is derived from the Old German compound 'Aedelbeort' meaning 'noble-bright'.
However, many sources show it as a
French surname, with many spelling variations on the French form.
It is now found in many locations of the world, spread by
French Huguenot
The Huguenots ( , ; ) are a Religious denomination, religious group of French people, French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, ...
refugees, amongst others.
Notable people with this surname include the following:
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Abbé Aubert (1731–1814), French playwright, poet and journalist
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Louis Aubert (painter) (1720 – ), painter and composer
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Alexander Aubert (1730–1805), English merchant
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Alvin Aubert (1930–2014), American poet
* Anaïs Aubert, known as
Mademoiselle Anaïs (1802–1871), French actress
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Andreas Aubert (art historian) (1851–1913), Norwegian art historian
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Aristide Aubert Du Petit Thouars (1760–1798), French naval officer
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Arnaud Aubert (1319–1371), Catholic Chamberlain
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Étienne Aubert (1282–1362), later became Pope Innocent VI
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Aubert of Avranches,
bishop of Avranches
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Axel Aubert (1873–1943), Norwegian businessman
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Ebba d'Aubert (1813–1860), Swedish pianist
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François d'Aubert
François d'Aubert (born 31 October 1943, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French politician.
He is an auditor at the Court of Audit (France), Court of Audit. From 2002, he was minister delegate to research in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government.
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(born 1943), French politician
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Hermann Rudolph Aubert (1826–1892), German physiologist
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Jacques Aubert (1689–1753), French composer and violinist
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Jean Aubert (architect)
Jean Aubert (; ca. 1680 Р13 October 1741) was a French architect, the most successful of the ''R̩gence'' and designer of two of the most important buildings of the period: the stables of the Ch̢teau de Chantilly and the H̫tel Biron in Par ...
(–1741), French architect
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Jean Aubert (engineer) (1894–1984), French engineer
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Jean-Louis Aubert
Jean-Louis Aubert (, born 12 April 1955) is a French singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer. He went on a solo career after the split of the rock band Téléphone that he co-founded.
Early life
Born in Nantua, Ain, France in 195 ...
(born 1955), French guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Jeanne Aubert (1900–1988), French singer and actress
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Julien Aubert (born 1978), French politician
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K. D. Aubert (born 1978), American actress
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Louis Aubert (1877–1968), French composer
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Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars
Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (5 November 1758, Saint-Martin-de-la-Place, Bournois – 12 May 1831, Paris) was a French botanist known for his work collecting and describing orchids from the three islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and RÃ ...
(1758–1831), French botanist
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Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert (1807–1887), Norwegian philologist
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Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert (1838–1896), Norwegian jurist and politician
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Marie-Hélène Aubert (born 1961), French politician
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Philippe-Ignace François Aubert de Gaspé (died 1841), Canadian writer
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Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé
Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé (; 30 October 1786 – 29 January 1871) was a Canadian lawyer, writer, and seigneur. He is known chiefly for his novel '' Les Anciens Canadiens'', considered the first classic of French Canadian fiction.
Biograp ...
(1786–1871), French Canadian writer and seigneur
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Pierre Aubert (1927–2016), Swiss politician
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Puig Aubert (1925–1994), French rugby league footballer
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Raphaël Aubert (born 1953), Swiss writer and essayist
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Suzanne Aubert (1835–1926), Catholic sister
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Vilhelm Aubert (1922–1988), Norwegian sociologist
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Vilhelm Mariboe Aubert (1868–1908), Norwegian jurist
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Aubert (noble family), a noble family of
Denmark
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and
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
See also
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Albert
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Aubèrt
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Aubertin
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