Albin

See also: albin and Albín

English

Etymology

Early saints' name, from the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”). In the case of individuals from Germanic nations, partly also from Germanic (cf. Albwin (literally “elf friend”)), of which Alvin is the native English form.

Proper noun

Albin

1. A male given name from Latin.
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Translations

male given name

• Basque: Albin
• Breton: Albin (br) m
• Catalan: Albí (ca)
• Danish: Albin
• Dutch: Albin
• Finnish: Alpo (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Obin
• French: Albin (fr)
• German: Albin (de)
• Irish: Ailbín
• Italian: Albino (it)
• Latin: Albīnus
• Norwegian: Albin (no)
• Occitan: Aubin m, Albin m
• Picard: Aubin
• Portuguese: Albino (pt), Alvino (pt) m
• Russian: Альби́н (ru) m (Alʹbín)
• Spanish: Albino (es)
• Swedish: Albin (sv)

Anagrams

• Blain, Labin, Nabil, binal, blain

Faroese

Proper noun

Albin m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• Albin's son: Albinsson
• Albin's daughter: Albinsdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Albin
accusative	Albin
dative	Albini
genitive	Albins

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Albīnus, partly merged with Germanic Albwin, the German equivalent of English Alvin.

Proper noun

Albin

1. a male given name

Manx

Alternative forms

• Albey, Nalbin

Etymology

From Old Irish Albain, dative form of Albu.

Proper noun

Albin f (genitive Albey)

1. Scotland

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albíːn/

Proper noun

Albȋn m anim

1. a male given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Albin
gen. sing.	Albina
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Albin	Albina	Albini
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Albina	Albinov	Albinov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Albinu	Albinoma	Albinom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Albina	Albina	Albine
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Albinu	Albinih	Albinih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Albinom	Albinoma	Albini

Further reading

• “Albin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Albīnus, partly merged with Germanic Albwin, the German equivalent of English Alvin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹albɪn/

Proper noun

Albin c (genitive Albins)

1. a male given name