Given name & surname

Albanus

Albanus is a masculine given name from Proto-Italic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Albanus comes from Proto-Italic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Italic *-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *-h₂.

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Albanus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Albanus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alban. In Latin usage, Albanus has a related form in albānus.

Walk Albanus’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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