Meaning and Origin of: Alba

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : A thick or mass vegetation; feminine form of Albin

Girl name variations

Albany
Albine
Albani
Elba

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish, Italian, and Romanian : habitational name from any of the places named in any of these languages with this element. Its meaning is various and disputed; the coincidence in form with Latin alba (feminine) ‘white’ is suggestive, but in many cases the name is pre-Roman and denotes a site on a hill or mountain.

Famous people with this last name

Jessica Alba