For other uses, see Albin. Albin (AHL-been) is a masculine Polish, Scandinavian, and Slovenian given name, from the Roman cognate Albinus, derived from the Latin albus, meaning "white" or "bright". In Estonia, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden March 1 is Albin's Name day. There are variant spellings, including Aubin, a French masculine given name; and Albina, an Ancient Roman, Czech, Italian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian feminine given name. Albin is uncommon as a surname. People with the given name Albin include:[1] - Albin of Brechin (d. 1269), Scottish bishop
- Albin Dunajewski (1817 - 1894 in Kraków), Polish political activist and Bishop of Kraków
- Albin Ebondo (b. 1984), French footballer
- Albin Egger-Lienz (1868 - 1926), Austrian painter
- Albin Ekdal (b. 1989), Swedish attacking midfielder
- Albin Eser (b. 1935), German jurist and an ad litem judge
- Albin Grau (d. 1942), artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu"
- Albin Gutman (b. 1947), Slovenian general, who is currently Chief of the Generalstaff of the Slovenian Armed Forces
- Albin Haller (1849 - 1925), French chemist
- Albin Julius (b. 1967), Austrian martial music and industrial artist
- Albin Killat (b. 1961), German diver
- Albin Kitzinger (1912 - 1970), German footballer
- Albin Köbis (1892 - 1917), German sailor
- Albin Kurti (b. 1965), Kosovo activist
- Albin Lermusiaux (1874 - 1940), French, Olympic shooter
- Albin Polasek (b. 1965), Czech-American sculptor and educator
- Albin W. Norblad (b. 1939), American judge
- Albin Nyamoya (1924 – 2001), Prime Minister of Burundi
- Albin Pelak (b. 1981), Bosnian footballer
- Albin Roussin (1781 – 1854), French admiral and statesman
- Albin F. Schoepf (1822 – 1886), Polish-born military officer who became a Union brigadier general during the American Civil War
- Albin Schram (1926 - 2005) Czech, one of the greatest collectors of autograph letters by shapers of world history
- Albin Starc (b. 1916), Croatian World War II pilot
- Albin Stenroos (1889 – 1971), Finnish, Olympic winner of the marathon race
- Albin Ström (1892 - 1962), Swedish socialist politician
- Albin Vidović (b. 1943), Croatian, Olympic handballer
- Albin Zollinger (1895 - 1941), Swiss writer
- The name Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, pronounced Albin, given by Swedish parents to their child as protest to Sweden's infant naming laws
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