Alba
A unisex name of Latin/Spanish origin, meaning dawn; white.
Alba by the numbers
In 2025, 472 babies in England and Wales were named Alba. In the US, 146 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 157 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alba. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Alba, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Vihaanmorning, dawn93 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Tariqmorning star or one who knocks36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luceromorning star; bringer of light137 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean white
Like Alba, each of these has white in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Alba
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