Comments for ALBA:

While the name "Alba" does mean "dawn" in Spanish and Italian, and it is feminine in both languages, "Alba" is also a family name in my family, and should be listed as a masculine name in English.

-- lewis  12/31/2005

Alba also means "white" and "fortress".

-- starling  2/19/2006

In Irish legend, Alba is the name commonly used for Scotland.

-- reservoirdoll1987  3/18/2006

Is also a last name like actress Jessica Alba.

-- Anonymous User  3/25/2006

I think Alba is a special name - easy to pronounce in Spanish, Catalan & English! Important for me.

-- simonhorgan  4/2/2006

I lived in Spain in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I remember it becoming really popular in the 1990s.

-- ADT  7/3/2006

In Audrey Niffenegger's novel 'The Time Traveler's Wife', Alba DeTamble is the daughter of the novel's two protagonists, Clare Abshire DeTamble and Henry DeTamble. Like her father, she is a CDP (Chrono-Displaced Person), who finds herself transported back and forth in time to different points in her life seemingly randomly.

-- reservoirdoll1987  10/30/2006

In "The House of the Spirits (La Casa de los Espíritus)" a novel written by Isabel Allende, born 1942, Alba is Blanca's daughter and Clara's granddaughter. Together with her grandfather Esteban she tells the story using Clara's diary.

-- elliebeth  2/9/2007

It's a very pretty name, but it reminds me too much of the actress Jessica Alba.

-- haymanisland  3/11/2007

After reading the Time Traveler's Wife, this has become my top girl's name. After a couple years, Jessica Alba will have faded away and this name will become usable (thank god).

-- nothingshortoftragic  10/3/2007

I really like the name Alba although it is getting very famous in Spain. One of my best friends is named Alba and it fits her perfectly.

-- libelula  10/11/2007

I don't like "Al" for a girl's nickname.

-- leananshae  12/19/2007

Alba means "white" in Latin. In this form, it would be an adjective for words in the 1st declension.

-- Reina Vered  6/3/2008

Kenneth MacAlpin, first King of Scotland, used the title King of Alba. This meaning of Alba was first used in reference to Britain but later came to mean Scotland specifically.

-- Caledonia-Forever  12/11/2008

It's sad that this name has been ruined by the arrogant and hated Jessica Alba, since it's very pretty.

-- bananarama  7/5/2009

I had heard this name before, but I never really noticed it before seeing The Time-Traveler's Wife the other day. The character of Alba--a sweet, bright, adorable little girl with freckles--gave me a very good impression of this name. It has a nice sound, a pretty meaning, and it is simple but unique. A good name all around.

-- britto08  8/25/2009

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