71%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element alb meaning "elf" (Proto-Germanic *albaz). Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootalbOther Languages & CulturesAlba(Catalan) Elva(Danish) Aafje(Dutch) Elfa, Elva(Icelandic) Alba(Italian) Alva(Norwegian) Alba, Elba(Spanish) Alva(Swedish) Same SpellingAlba 1, Alba 2User SubmissionsAlba, Albà PopularityDetails Last ranked #53 in 2022 Basque Country, Spain Last ranked #20 in 2023 Belgium Last ranked #782 in 1980 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #37 in 2023 Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #46 in 2020 Denmark Last ranked #143 in 2022 England and Wales Last ranked #3 in 2023 France Last ranked #16 in 2022 Galicia, Spain Last ranked #105 in 2023 Italy Last ranked #391 in 2023 Netherlands Last ranked #74 in 2023 Scotland Last ranked #19 in 2022 Spain Last ranked #19 in 2023 Sweden Last ranked #58 in 2023 Switzerland Last ranked #928 in 1923 (f) #861 in 1892 (m) United States Categories elven folk, elves, mythology, short forms Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 65.
