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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized form of German Albrecht.
  • English : from a medieval variant of the personal name Albert.
  • Jacob Albright (1759–1808), a prominent Methodist preacher, was born in Pottstown, PA, the son of a German immigrant called Johann Albrecht.

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