Albin (given name)

For other uses, see Albin.

Albin is a masculine Polish, Scandinavian, German, French, Albanian, and Slovenian given name, from the Roman cognate Albinus, derived from the Latin albus, meaning "white" or "bright". This name may also be a last name. In Estonia, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden, March 1 is Albin's name day. There are variant spellings, including Albinas, a male given name in Lithuania; Aubin, a French masculine given name; and Albina, an Ancient Roman, Albanian, Czech, Galician, Italian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian feminine given name. Albin is uncommon as a surname.

Notable people with the given name Albin include:^[1]

Albin

Gender	Male
Language	Latin
Origin
Meaning	"white", "bright"
Other names
See also	Aubin, Albina, Albinas

• Albin Alex (1995-), Indian-American engineer
• Albin of Brechin (died 1269), Scottish bishop
• Albin Boija (born 2003), Swedish ice hockey player
• Albín Brunovský (1935–1997), Slovak painter, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator and pedagogue
• Albin Dunajewski (1817–1894), Polish political activist and Bishop of Kraków
• Albin Ebondo (b. 1984), French footballer
• Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), Austrian painter
• Albin Ekdal (born 1989), Swedish footballer
• Albin Eser (1935–2023), German jurist and an ad litem judge
• Albin Granlund (b. 1989), Finnish footballer
• Albin Grau (1884–1942), German artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F.W. Murnau's film Nosferatu
• Albin Gutman (b. 1947), Slovenian general
• Albin Haller (1849–1925), French chemist
• Albin Julius (1967–2022), Austrian martial music and industrial artist
• Albin Killat (b. 1961), German diver
• Albin Kitzinger (1912–1970), German footballer
• Albin Köbis (1892–1917), German sailor
• Albin Kurti (b. 1975), Prime Minister of Kosovo
• Albin Lermusiaux (1874–1940), French Olympic shooter
• Albin Polasek (1879–1965), Czech-American sculptor and educator
• Albin Provosty (1865–1932), American politician
• Albin W. Norblad (1939–2014), American judge
• Albin Nyamoya (1924–2001), Prime Minister of Burundi
• Albin Roussin (1781–1854), French admiral and statesman
• Albin F. Schoepf (1822–1886), Polish-born American military officer
• Albin Schram (1926–2005) Czech collector of autograph letters by shapers of world history
• Albin Starc (1916–2011), Croatian World War II pilot
• Albin Stenroos (1889–1971), Finnish Olympic winner of the marathon race
• Albin Ström (1892–1962), Swedish socialist politician
• Albin Sandqvist, Swedish electronic and dance pop singer known by the mononym Albin, a member of the Swedish pop band Star Pilots
• Albin Tingwall (born 2003), Swedish singer
• Albin Vidović (1943–2018), Croatian Olympic handballer
• Albin Zollinger (1895–1941), Swiss writer

See also

• The name Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, pronounced Albin, given by Swedish parents to their child as protest against Sweden's infant naming laws