Albin (given name)

Albin
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Latin
Origin
Meaning	"white", "bright"
Other names
See also	Aubin, Albina, Albinas

Last updated July 19, 2025

Albin is a masculine Polish, Scandinavian, German, French, Albanian, and Slovenian given name, from the Roman cognate Albinus , derived from the Latin albus, meaning "white" or "bright". This name may also be a last name. In Estonia, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden, March 1 is Albin's name day. There are variant spellings, including Albinas , a male given name in Lithuania; Aubin , a French masculine given name; and Albina , an Ancient Roman, Albanian, Czech, Galician, Italian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian feminine given name. Albin is uncommon as a surname.

Notable people with the given name Albin include:^[1]

Albin Alex (1995-), Indian-American engineer
Albin of Brechin (died 1269), Scottish bishop
Albin Boija (born 2003), Swedish ice hockey player
Albín Brunovský (1935–1997), Slovak painter, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator and pedagogue
Albin Dunajewski (1817–1894), Polish political activist and Bishop of Kraków
Albin Ebondo (b. 1984), French footballer
Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), Austrian painter
Albin Ekdal (born 1989), Swedish footballer
Albin Eser (1935–2023), German jurist and an ad litem judge
Albin Granlund (b. 1989), Finnish footballer
Albin Grau (1884–1942), German artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F.W. Murnau's film Nosferatu
Albin Gutman (b. 1947), Slovenian general
Albin Haller (1849–1925), French chemist
Albin Julius (1967–2022), Austrian martial music and industrial artist
Albin Killat (b. 1961), German diver
Albin Kitzinger (1912–1970), German footballer
Albin Köbis (1892–1917), German sailor
Albin Kurti (b. 1975), Prime Minister of Kosovo
Albin Lermusiaux (1874–1940), French Olympic shooter
Albin Polasek (1879–1965), Czech-American sculptor and educator
Albin Provosty (1865–1932), American politician
Albin W. Norblad (1939–2014), American judge
Albin Nyamoya (1924–2001), Prime Minister of Burundi
Albin Roussin (1781–1854), French admiral and statesman
Albin F. Schoepf (1822–1886), Polish-born American military officer
Albin Schram (1926–2005) Czech collector of autograph letters by shapers of world history
Albin Starc (1916–2011), Croatian World War II pilot
Albin Stenroos (1889–1971), Finnish Olympic winner of the marathon race
Albin Ström (1892–1962), Swedish socialist politician
Albin Sandqvist, Swedish electronic and dance pop singer known by the mononym Albin, a member of the Swedish pop band Star Pilots
Albin Tingwall (born 2003), Swedish singer
Albin Vidović (1943–2018), Croatian Olympic handballer
Albin Zollinger (1895–1941), Swiss writer

References

↑ "View Name: Albin". behindthename.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-19.

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[1] "View Name: Albin". behindthename.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-19.

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Albin (given name)

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