Albin (given name)

Albin is a masculine Polish, Scandinavian, German, French and Slovenian given name, from the Roman cognate Albinus, derived from the Latin albus, meaning "white" or "bright". This name may also be a last name. In Estonia, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden, March 1 is Albin's name day. There are variant spellings, including Albinas, a male given name in Lithuania; Aubin, a French masculine given name; and Albina, an Ancient Roman, Albanian, Czech, Galician, Italian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian feminine given name. Albin is uncommon as a surname.

Notable people with the given name Albin include:


 * Albin of Brechin (died 1269), Scottish bishop
 * Albín Brunovský (1935–1997), Slovak painter, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator and pedagogue
 * Albin Dunajewski (1817–1894), Polish political activist and Bishop of Kraków
 * Albin Ebondo (b. 1984), French footballer
 * Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), Austrian painter
 * Albin Ekdal (born 1989), Swedish footballer
 * Albin Eser (1935–2023), German jurist and an ad litem judge
 * Albin Granlund (b. 1989), Finnish footballer
 * Albin Grau (1884–1942), German artist, architect and occultist, and the producer and production designer for F.W. Murnau's film Nosferatu
 * Albin Gutman (b. 1947), Slovenian general
 * Albin Haller (1849–1925), French chemist
 * Albin Julius (1967–2022), 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. 1975), Kosovo activist
 * Albin Lermusiaux (1874–1940), French Olympic shooter
 * Albin Polasek (1879–1965), Czech-American sculptor and educator
 * Albin Provosty (1865–1932), American politician
 * Albin W. Norblad (1939–2014), American judge
 * Albin Nyamoya (1924–2001), Prime Minister of Burundi
 * Albin Roussin (1781–1854), French admiral and statesman
 * Albin F. Schoepf (1822–1886), Polish-born American military officer
 * Albin Schram (1926–2005) Czech collector of autograph letters by shapers of world history
 * Albin Starc (1916–2011), Croatian World War II pilot
 * Albin Stenroos (1889–1971), Finnish Olympic winner of the marathon race
 * Albin Ström (1892–1962), Swedish socialist politician
 * Albin Sandqvist, Swedish electronic and dance pop singer known by the mononym Albin, a member of the Swedish pop band Star Pilots
 * Albin Tingwall (born 2003), Swedish singer
 * Albin Vidović (1943–2018), Croatian Olympic handballer
 * Albin Zollinger (1895–1941), Swiss writer
 * Albin Lazar (1999-09-09),Indian