Albina
Albina (ahl-BEE-nah) is a feminine given name from the Roman cognate Albinus, derived from the Latin albus, meaning "white" or "bright". There are masculine variants including Albin in Albania, Kosovo, Poland, Scandinavia, and Slovenia; and Aubin in France. In Estonia, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden 1 March is Albina's Name day. Albina is uncommon as a surname.
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Italian
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Albina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Albina (ahl-BEE-nah) is a feminine given name from the Roman cognate Albinus, derived from the Latin albus, meaning "white" or "bright". There are masculine variants including Albin in Albania, Kosovo, Poland, Scandinavia, and Slovenia; and Aubin in France. In Estonia, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden 1 March is Albina's Name day. Albina is uncommon as a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Slovene
- Polish
- German
- Lithuanian
- Belarusian
- Ancient Roman
- Czech
- Slovak
The Story of Albina
The earliest SSA record of Albina as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 7 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 227 newborns named Albina — #424 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Albina on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Albina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Albina
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Albina. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Albina
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About the name Albina
Albina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Albina's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #424. Use the chart and map above to compare Albina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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