Given name & surname
Albano
“one who is white or fair; a man from Alba”
Albano is a variant of Alban. One Latin interpretation is “one who is white or fair; a man from Alba.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Albano is a variant of Alban. One Latin interpretation is “one who is white or fair; a man from Alba.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Albano is a variant of Alban. A possible origin is Celtic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Albano is a variant of Alban. The history of Alban gives this family its wider story. Alban was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Albano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 254 as a first name in 2020; 5,597 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Albano’s family of names
In English usage, Albano as a surname has a short form in Bano. In Portuguese usage, Albano shares an earlier linguistic root with Albão. Albano has a related form in Alban.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Albano has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Albano
- Albano CarrisiItalian singer and actorborn 1943
- Albano BizzarriArgentine footballerborn 1977
- Albano OlivettiFrench tennis player (born 1991)
- Albano Bortoletto CavallinBrazilian archbishop (1930–2017)
- Albano PeraItalian sports shooterborn 1950
- AlbanoPortuguese footballer (1922–1990)
- Albano HarguindeguyArgentine general (1927-2012)
- Albano Aleksiassociation football playerborn 1992
- Albano JerónimoPortuguese actorborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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