Given name & surname
Albina
“from the highlands”
Albina is a variant of Alba. One Latin interpretation is “from the highlands.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Albina is a variant of Alba. One Latin interpretation is “from the highlands.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Etruscan.
How it developed
In Latin use, Albina is used as a feminine counterpart of Albinus.
The story
In mythological stories, Albina is associated with the goddess of the dawn.
Albina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,006
- 0 boys · 5,006 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 227 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #10,966 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,966 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 227 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,305 as a first name in 2020; 109 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.
Albina’s family of names
Albina has a short form in Bina. Albina is a feminine form of Albinus. Albina has a related form in Alba.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Albina has relatives in 5 languages.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Albavariant
- Binashort form
- Albeanahvariant
- Albeanavariant
- Albeinahvariant
- Albeinavariant
- Albienahvariant
- Albienavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alinaequivalent
- Blancaequivalent
- Albusroot · Latin
- Albenaequivalent
- Albanaequivalent
- Albianaequivalent
- Albiniaequivalent
- Albineequivalent
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Albina
- Albina GrčićCroatian singerborn 1999
- Albina KelmendiKosovo-Albanian singerborn 1988
- Albina OsipowichAmerican swimmer (1911–1964)
- Albina AkhatovaRussian biathleteborn 1976
- Albina DzhanabaevaRussian singer and actressborn 1979
- Albina ShagimuratovaRussian operatic sopranoborn 1979
- Albina MaliSlovenian communist activist and partisan1925–2000
- Albina AfricanoAngola chemist and politicianborn 1945
- Albina RuizPeruvian activist
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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