Given name & surname · also Latin
Albion
“one who is white or fair”·“from the rocks or crag”
Albion is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is white or fair” and “from the rocks or crag”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is white or fair” and “from the rocks or crag”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Celtic naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Albion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 724
- 724 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,273 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,273 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 420 as a first name in 2020; 124 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.
Albion’s family of names
Albion has a related form in Albeon. Albion has a related form in Albyon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Albion
- Albion Woodbury SmallAmerican sociologist (1854-1926)
- Albion AdemiFinnish-Albanian footballerborn 1999
- Albion ParrisAmerican politician (1788-1857)
- Albion AvdijajAlbanian association football playerborn 1994
- Albion RrahmaniKosovan association football playerborn 2000
- Albion W. TourgéeAmerican civil rights activist and novelist (1838–1905)
- Albion Rajkumar BanerjiIndian politician (1871–1950)
- Albion P. HoweUnion Army general (1818–1897)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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