Albin

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

origin

The name is derived either from the Latin surname Albinus (Latin for white) or from the Old High German Albuin (from: alb = elf and wini = friend).

Name days

The October 26th is the name day of the Anglo-Saxons Albin of Buraburg (early 6th century.), Who as a missionary of the Holy St. Boniface accompanied by Hesse. There Albin was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Buraburg (today: Büraburg ) near Fritzlar .
The March 1st is the day of St. Albin of Angers .

Farmer rules

Sankt Albin Regen - no harvest blessing (March 1st).
Warm Sankt Albin certainly brings - always a cold January (October 26th).

variant

Albinas , Lithuanian

Name bearer

Saints

Albin of Lyon , Aubin de Lyon (4th century), Archbishop of Lyon
Albin of Rome / of Cologne, early Christian martyr in Rome, bones in Cologne (June 22nd)
Albin von Angers , Aubin d'Angers (around 469–554), Augustinian canon in Tincillacense, Bishop of Angers (March 1)

First name

Albin Ackermann-Teubner (1826–1903), German publisher and bookseller
Albin Angerer (1885–1979), German doctor and student historian
Albin Braig (* 1951), Swabian dialect actor
Albin Brun (* 1959), Swiss jazz and world musician
Albín Brunovský (1935–1997), Slovak painter, graphic artist and postage stamp artist
Albin Castelli (1822-1892), German miner, geologist, mineralogist and paleontologist
Albin Dahl (1900–1980), Swedish football player and coach
Albin Egger-Lienz (1868–1926), Austrian painter
Albin Ekdal (* 1989), Swedish football player
Albin Eser (* 1935), German criminal law scholar
Albin Felc (* 1941), Yugoslav ice hockey player and coach
Albin Frehse (1878–1973), German horn player and university professor
Albin Fringeli (1899–1993), Swiss poet and author
Albin Gashi (* 1997), Austrian soccer player
Albin Grau (1884–1971), German film architect, graphic artist and author
Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946), Swedish politician
Albin Heimann (1914–2015), Swiss entrepreneur and politician
Albin Jansson (1897–1985), Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper
Albin Johansson (1886–1968), Swedish entrepreneur
Albin Killat (* 1961), German water diver
Albin Kitzinger (1912–1970), German soccer player
Albin Köbis (1892–1917), left German seaman
Albin Kurti (* 1975), Albanian politician
Albin Lesky (1896–1981), Austrian classical philologist
Albin Małysiak (1917–2011), Polish religious, auxiliary bishop in Cracow
Albin Müller (1871–1941), German architect, educator and designer
Albin Neumann (1909–1990), Austrian magician
Albin Ouschan (* 1990), Austrian pool player
Albin Ouschan senior (1960–2018), Austrian pool player
Albin Planinc (1944-2008), Yugoslav chess player
Albin Pötzsch (1935–2019), German chess author
Albin Rogelj (* 1929), Yugoslav ski jumper and Slovenian cartoonist
Albin Skoda (1909–1961), Austrian actor and voice actor
Albin Swoboda (singer, 1836) (1836–1901), Austrian singer (tenor) and actor
Albin Tahiri (* 1989), Kosovar ski racer
Albin Weisbach (1833–1901), German mineralogist
Albin Zollinger (1895–1941), Swiss writer

family name

Adolf Albin (1848–1920), Romanian chess master and theorist
Barry Albin-Dyer († 2015), British funeral director
Eleazar Albin († 1742), English scientist and illustrator
Fred Albin (1903–1968), American film technician and effects artist
Hans Albin (1905–1988), German actor and film director
Juan Ángel Albín (* 1986), Uruguayan football player
Louis Charles de Saint-Albin (1698–1764), Bishop of Laon and Archbishop of Cambrai
Silke Albin (* 1969), German State Secretary (Thuringia)

Fictional people

Commissioner Albin Geiger, from the series Pastor Braun
Albin, played by Jürgen Vogel , in the feature film Wachtmeister Zumbühl by Urs Odermatt

Individual evidence

↑ Albin on vornames-weltweit.de

[1] Albin on vornames-weltweit.de