First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: A thick or mass vegetation; feminine form of Albin
- Latin: White
First name variations: Albine, Albani, Elba, Alba, Alben, Albin, Albion, Albain, Albean, Albein, Alby, Alban Last name origin & meaning: Scottish and English: from the title of the Dukes of Albany (House
of Stuart), hence a name borne by their retainers. It is an infrequent
surname in England and Scotland. The city of Albany, NY (formerly the
Dutch settlement of Beverwijck or Fort Orange) was named for James
Stuart, Duke of York and Albany; he was the brother of King Charles II
and later king in his own right as James II. In 1664 he financed a
fleet to take over the Dutch colony of New Netherland (now New York
state). The American family name was apparently adopted at this
period. The word Albany is from Latin Albania, Gaelic
Albainn, genitive of Alba ‘Scotland’. It is the same
word as English Albion, an old name for the whole of
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