Updated June 9, 2019

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Girl name origins & meanings

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

Girl name variations

Alba

Alba

+ 2% this year
Feminine
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Albine

Albine

0 % this year
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Albani

Albani

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Elba

Elba

+ 75% this year
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : White

Boy name variations

Alban

Alban

- 63% this year
Neutral
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Alben

Alben

0 % this year
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Albin

Albin

- 36% this year
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Albion

Albion

- 58% this year
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Albain

Albain

0 % this year
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Albean

Albean

0 % this year
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Albein

Albein

0 % this year
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Alby

Alby

+ 60% this year
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How Popular Is The Name Albany

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and English : from the title of the Dukes of Albany (House of Stuart), hence a name borne by their retainers. It is an infrequent surname in England and Scotland. The city of Albany, NY (formerly the Dutch settlement of Beverwijck or Fort Orange) was named for James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany; he was the brother of King Charles II and later king in his own right as James II. In 1664 he financed a fleet to take over the Dutch colony of New Netherland (now New York state). The American family name was apparently adopted at this period. The word Albany is from Latin Albania, Gaelic Albainn, genitive of Alba ‘Scotland’. It is the same word as English Albion, an old name for the whole of Britain.