Alba

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alba is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name272K records spelled Alba18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Albà, Albã, Ālbā, Áĺbá, Älbä

• a separate given name19K records spelled Alba4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy

  Also written Albà, Albá, Albă

• Danish given name11K records spelled Alba16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Spain

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Albaa, Albà, Ålbă, Albã, Albå

• Albanian given name3.8K records spelled Alba4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, Spain

  Also written Albà, Ãlbã, Àlbà

• Lao given name3.2K records spelled Alba15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Spain, United States, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written อัลบ้า, อัลบา, Albá, Albaz, Älbä

• Russian surname2.3K records spelled Alba12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Spain, Russia, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Альба, Алба, Al'Ba, Álba, Albá

72 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alba is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, numerous places so called. The meaning of the placename is unknown; the coincidence in form with L alba (fern.) white is probably no more than coincidental. It may be of Ligurian origin (compare Alba Longa, the name of the oldest Latin town).

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• 2 From the feminine form of Latin albus ‘white’ or from Germanic alb ‘elf’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, dawn, daybreak

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Catalan, dawn

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 136 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Trini Lopezb. 1937USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer and musician (1937–2020)
• Rocío Juradob. 1943ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer and actress (1943–2006)
• Alba Pariettib. 1961ITItalian actress, presenter and entertainer
• Alba Rohrwacherb. 1979ITItalian actress
• Alba Floresb. 1986ESSpanish actress
• Trinidad Jamesb. 1987USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper from Georgia
• Alba Galochab. 1990ESSpanish model
• Alba Augustb. 1993SESwedish actress, born 1993
• Alba Gaïa Bellugib. 1995FRFrench actress
• Alba Baptistab. 1997PTPortuguese actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,405 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alba?

We estimate roughly 205 thousand people bear Alba (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Alba have the most bearers?

Alba is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled alba.

Where is Alba most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alba is densest in Spain — about 1 in 397 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Alba compared with other names?

In Argentina, Alba is the 450th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Alba a male or female name?

Alba is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alba mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin alba, 'aurora'; from albus 'blanco'.