Alba
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: numerous places so called. The meaning of the placename is unknown; the coincidence in form with L alba (fern.) white is probably no more than coincidental
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/alba/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Alba is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 30th most common given name.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 304(inferred from the name graph)
- HNHonduras≈1 in 367
- ESSpain1 in 397
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 356 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 304 (inferred from the name graph)
126,045 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Latin alba, 'aurora'; from albus 'blanco'.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
How Alba is read(measured from records)
Alba is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish69%
numerous places so called. The meaning of the placename is unknown; the coincidence in form with L alba (fern.) white is probably no more than coincidental. It may be of Ligurian origin (compare Alba Longa, the name of the oldest Latin town).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
- English10%
A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Catalan6.4%
dawn
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Alba counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | #111 | 126,045 | 1 in 397 | 126K | Alba | 230 |
| CO Colombia | #141 | ≈85,000 est. | ≈1 in 580 | — | Alba | 136 |
| HN Honduras | #30 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 367 | — | Alba | 36 |
| VE Venezuela | #223 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Alba | 58 |
| US United States | — | 21,789 | 1 in 15K | 22K | Alba | 356 |
| NI Nicaragua | #30 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 304 | — | Alba | 28 |
| SV El Salvador | #193 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 526 | — | Alba | 33 |
| UY Uruguay | #58 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 526 | — | Alba | 45 |
126,045 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Alba is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, Latin alba, 'aurora'; from albus 'blanco'.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
2 From the feminine form of Latin albus ‘white’ or from Germanic alb ‘elf’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Portuguese, dawn, daybreak
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Trini Lopezb. 1937USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer and musician (1937–2020)
- Rocío Juradob. 1943ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer and actress (1943–2006)
- Alba Pariettib. 1961ITItalian actress, presenter and entertainer
- Alba Rohrwacherb. 1979ITItalian actress
- Alba Floresb. 1986ESSpanish actress
- Trinidad Jamesb. 1987USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper from Georgia
- Alba Galochab. 1990ESSpanish model
- Alba Augustb. 1993SESwedish actress, born 1993
- Alba Gaïa Bellugib. 1995FRFrench actress
- Alba Baptistab. 1997PTPortuguese actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 119 sources across 52 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 126K | #66 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 122K | #34 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 22K | #1,518 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 177 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 136 | #1,518 |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Alba come from?
- Latin alba, 'aurora'; from albus 'blanco'. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- Is Alba a male or female name?
- Alba is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Alba mean?
- In Spanish, numerous places so called. The meaning of the placename is unknown; the coincidence in form with L alba (fern.) white is probably no more than coincidental.
- In which country does Alba have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 126 thousand people named Alba, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alba.
- How do you pronounce Alba?
- A machine transcription gives /alba/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- How common is the name Alba?
- In Spain, the national register counted 126,045 people named Alba, about 1 in 397 residents.
- How common is Alba compared with other names?
- In Spain, Alba is the 111th most common given name of 135,644 given names recorded there.
- What are other forms of the name Alba?
- In the etymology graph, Elba, Elfa and Aafje are forms of the same name in other languages.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/albaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alba” — the 111th most common given name in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.