Given name & surname

Albino

Albino is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Albino comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Albīnus.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Albino through the years

Babies since 1880
1,682
1,682 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1927
37 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02040601900192019401960198020002025Highest share 18970.0
Albino in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1897–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,565 as a first name in 2020; 3,404 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.

Albino’s family of names

In Slovenian usage, Albino has a related form in Albin. In Italian usage, Albino has a conventional equivalent in the English form Albin. In Portuguese usage, Albino has a related form in ALVINO.

Walk Albino’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Albino has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

2 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Across languages 4

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

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