Albin (given name)

Albin (also Albwin ) is both a male first name and a family name.

Origin

The name is derived either from the Latin epithet Albinus (Latin whiteness ) or from Old High Albuin (from: alb = elf and wini = friend ) from.

Name Days

• The 26th of October is the feast day of the Anglo-Saxons Albin of Buraburg (early 6th century ), of the Holy St. Boniface acted as a missionary to Hesse. There Albin was the first bishop of the diocese Buraburg (now Büraburg ) appointed near Fritzlar.
• March 1st is the day of St. Albin of Angers.

Folklore

• Saint Albin rain - no harvest blessing. ( March 1 )
• Warmer Saint Albin brings indeed - always a cold January. (October 26 )

Variant

• Albina, Lithuanian

Bearers of the name

Saint

• Albin of Lyon, Aubin de Lyon ( 4th century), Archbishop of Lyon
• Albin Rome / Cologne, early Christian martyr in Rome, bones in Cologne ( June 22)
• Albinus of Angers, Aubin d' Angers (c. 496-554 ), Augustinian Canons in Tincillacense, bishop of Angers ( March 1 )

First name

• Albin Egger- Lienz (1868-1926), Austrian painter
• Per Albin Hansson (1885-1946), Swedish politician
• Albin Małysiak (1917-2011), Polish priest and religious Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop
• Albin Kurti ( born 1975 ), Albanian politician and leader of the organization Vetëvendosje
• Albin Eser (* 1935), German criminal law scholars

Family name

• Adolf Albin (1848-1920), Romanian chess master
• Eleazar Albin († 1742), English naturalist and illustrator
• Fred Albin (1903-1968), American film technician and effects artist
• Hans Albin (1905-1988), German actor and film director
• Juan Ángel Albín ( born 1986 ), Uruguayan football player
• Louis Charles de Saint -Albin (1698-1764), Bishop of Laon and Archbishop of Cambrai

Fictional people

• Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts magic, literary figure of the English writer JK Rowling
• Commissioner Albin Geiger, from the series Pastor Brown
• Albin, played by Jürgen Vogel, in the movie Constable Zumbühl by Urs Odermatt