Albina

Where Albina comes from

From Latin Albina (name of a third-century martyr), feminine form of the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Albina
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #679 among girls — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1884
    Peak, #409
    24 babies named Albina — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1949
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,999.
  4. 1998
    Albina Kelmendi born
    Kosovo-Albanian singer
  5. 1999
    Albina Grčić born
    Croatian singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Albina Grčić · Croatian singer, born 1999
  • Albina Kelmendi · Kosovo-Albanian singer, born 1998
  • Albina Osipowich · American swimmer, 1911–1964
  • Albina Akhatova · Russian biathlete, born 1976
  • Albina Dzhanabaeva · Russian singer and actress, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.