Albania

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Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish

Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Albana (see also -ia) ^[1]

2) From the place name, the Balkan republic Albania either related to a pre-Celtic word alb = 'hill' or the Indoeuropean root albh = 'white' ^[2]

Related Names

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Grammar

- Swedish
Nominative:	Albania
Genitive:	Albanias

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1853 (Lidköping, Västergötland) ^[3]

Strongest Period of Usage

Sweden: -1909 ^[4]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Sydsverige ^[4]

Trivia

Sweden: In January 1973, 15 people were named Albania (percentage of first or only given name: 20 %) ^[4]

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Albania.

References

↑ Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).
↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)

[jule-1] Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).

[bre-2] Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)

[sb1880-3] Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1880

[all-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)

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