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 [ 2 syll. al-ba, alb-a ] The girl name Alba is pronounced as AELBah KEY. 1: Alba is mainly used in the German, Italian, and Spanish languages, and its language of origin is Latin. The name's meaning is white; blond, fair one. Derived from the element 'albus' meaning white. 2: Alba's language of origin is Germanic. Derived from the word alb which is of the meaning 'elf, supernatural being'. In addition, Alba is a variation of the English, German, Italian, and Polish name Alberta in the Czech language. Alba is also a variation of the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish name Aurora in the Italian and Spanish languages. Alba is also a variation of the English, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Slavic name Albina in the English language. See also the related forms, Alba María (Spanish) and Alban (English and German). Alba is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1915 with 0.008% of baby girls being named Alba. It had a ranking of #747 then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then, and is of only sporadic use now. Among the family of girl names directly related to Alba, Aurora (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish) was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Alba include Alby (Irish), Alpha (English and Greek), Alva (Czech and Scandinavian), Alvah (English and Hebrew), Alvie (English), Olive (English and French), Alaba (Yoruban), Alivia (English), and Oliwia (Hawaiian). KEY: English pronunciation for Alba: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
