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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: A thick or mass vegetation; feminine form of Albin

First name variations: Albany, Albine, Albani, Elba

Last name origin & meaning:

Spanish, Italian, and Romanian: habitational name from any of the places named in any of these languages with this element. Its meaning is various and disputed; the coincidence in form with Latin alba (feminine) ‘white’ is suggestive, but in many cases the name is pre-Roman and denotes a site on a hill or mountain.

This name appears in the following lists: Mountains and Valleys