70%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 Other 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 #33 in 2020 Basque Country, Spain Last ranked #45 in 2021 Belgium Last ranked #782 in 1980 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #32 in 2021 Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #46 in 2020 Denmark Last ranked #145 in 2021 England and Wales Last ranked #8 in 2021 France Last ranked #24 in 2021 Galicia, Spain Last ranked #155 in 2020 Italy Last ranked #469 in 2022 Netherlands Last ranked #93 in 2021 Scotland Last ranked #18 in 2021 Spain Last ranked #27 in 2022 Sweden Last ranked #92 in 2021 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.
