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Albion - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Albion

[ 3 syll. al-bion, alb-i-on ] The boy name Albion is pronounced AELBiyahN KEY. Albion is of Celtic origin, and it is used mainly in the Albanian and English languages. The name is of the meaning 'white rock'. Derived from the element alp which means 'rock'. Albion is an ancient poetic name for Britain, and it is the basis for Alba, the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. A variant form of Albion is Albioni (Albanian). See also the related form, Alban (English and German).

Albion is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Albion include Albano (Italian and Spanish), Albany (English), Albino (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Alvino (Italian), Alban (English and German), Alben (English), Albin (Czech, English, German, Polish, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Russian), Albioni (Albanian), Alpin (English), Alpine (English), Alvan (English), Alven (English), Alvin (English), Alvyn (English), and Albain (English and French).

KEY: Pronunciation for Albion: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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