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given name of Latin origin meaning "

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". In Spanish and Italian the name means sunrise or "

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". In Spanish and Italian speaking countries it is considered to be a female name. It can also be used as a

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

surname, as in the actress

Jessica Alba Jessica Marie Alba ( ; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in '' Camp Nowhere'' and '' The Secret World of Alex Mack'' (1994), and rose to prominence at age 19 ...

, or a title, as in the Spanish

Dukedom of Alba Duke of Alba de Tormes ( es, Duque de Alba de Tormes), commonly known as Duke of Alba, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain. In 1472, the title of ''Count of Alba de Tormes'', inherited by Ga ...

. It may also be considered a feminine version of Albert or Albinus or of names beginning with the Germanic Alf.

Alba ''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kingdom ...

is also the

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name for

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

and the

alba ''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kingdom ...

is a subgenre of

Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language Occitan (; ...

lyric Lyric may refer to: * Lyrics, the words, often in verse form, which are sung, usually to a melody, and constitute the semantic content of a song * Lyric poetry is a form of poetry that expresses a subjective, personal point of view * Lyric, from ...

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...

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Alba Arikha Alba Arikha (born 1966) is a French-born writer who lives and works in the United Kingdom. Early life Brought up in Paris, her father was the Franco-Israeli artist Avigdor Arikha. Her mother is the American poet, Anne Atik. Her sister,Noga Arikh ...

(born 1966), French-British writer *

Alba Arnova Alba Arnova (15 March 1930 – 11 March 2018) was an Italian-Argentine ballerina and film actress. Life and career Born in Buenos Aires as Alba Fossati, daughter of two Italian emigrants, Arnova studied piano at the Conservatory and enrolled ...

(1930–2018), Italian-Argentine ballerina and actress *

Alba August Alba Adèle August (born 1993) is a Danish-born Swedish actress and singer. Early life She is the daughter of Danish director Bille August and Swedish actress and director Pernilla August, who divorced in 1997. Her older sister Asta Ostergren is ...

(born 1993), Danish-Swedish actress and singer * Alba Aznar (born 1993), Spanish footballer * Alba Baptista (born 1997), Portuguese actress *

Alba Raquel Barros Alba Raquel Barros (born 14 December 1952 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is an actress, comedian, and dancer. She is better known for her acting career, and she has won many national awards for her work, both in the television and theatrical fields ...

(born 1952), Puerto Rican actress, comedian, and dancer *

Alba Bautista Alba Bautista (born 13 July 2002) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast. She won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships in the team category. Personal life Bautista took up the sport at age six in Teruel. She was named the 2019 Female Athlete ...

(born 2002), Spanish rhythmic gymnast * Alba Gaïa Bellugi (born 1995), a French actress * Alba Bouwer (1920–2010), South African journalist and author * Alba Cabello (born 1986), Spanish synchronized swimmer * Alba Calderón (1908–1992), Ecuadorian painter and activist *

Alba Caride Alba Caride (April 24, 1980, Vigo, Province of Pontevedra) is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymna ...

(born 1980), Spanish rhythmic gymnast *

Alba Carrillo Lucía del Alba Carrillo Pariente (Madrid, July 31, 1986), better known as Alba Carrillo, is a Spanish model and television presenter, best known for her participation in the '' Supermodelo'' program in 2007. Her participation in the contest led ...

(born 1986), Spanish model and television presenter *

Alba Chrétien-Vaguet Albertine Marie Chrétien-Vaguet (8 March 1872 – 28 February 1963) was a French operatic soprano. Chrétien-Vaguet was born in Paris. She studied the piano at the Conservatoire de Paris and began her career at La Monnaie in Brussels in 1891 ...

(1872–1963), French operatic soprano *

Alba Marina Cotes Alba Marina Cotes Prado (Bogota, February 15 1959), is a Colombian chemist and biologist, known for her research on biological pest control In 2009, Cotes became the first Latin American woman in receive a Honoris Causa degree by the Swedish Un ...

(born 1959), Colombian chemist and biologist * Alba D'Urbano (born 1955), Italian textile and video artist * Alba de Céspedes (1911–1997), Cuban-Italian writer * Alba Alonso de Quesada (1924–2020), Honduran lawyer and academic * Alba Delgado (born 1991), Salvadoran beauty pageant titleholder * Alba Nydia Díaz (born 1955), Puerto Rican actress *

Alba Encarnación Alba Nidia "Miss Pupa" Encarnación Ayala (2 February 1956 – 11 March 2012) was a sixth-grade public school teacher and community leader in Vieques, Puerto Rico. A devoted Catholic, she always put God first; and that was her foundation, passion ...

(1956–2012), Puerto Rican teacher and community leader *

Alba Flores Alba González Villa (born October 27, 1986), known professionally as Alba Flores, is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her roles as Saray Vargas in '' Vis a Vis (Locked Up)'' and Nairobi in '' La Casa de Papel (Money Heist)''. She iden ...

(born 1986), Spanish actress *

Alba Consuelo Flores Alba Consuelo Flores Ferrufino ( Danlí, November 30, 1965) is a Honduran pedagogue and civil servant, current Secretary of Health of the Republic, a position that she assumed on December 27, 2018, under the presidency of Juan Orlando Hernández. ...

(born 1965), Honduran pedagogue and civil servant *

Alba Florio Alba Florio (21 April 1910 – 31 May 2011) was an Italian poet, the last belonging to the Decadent movement, Decadentism current. Life Alba Florio was born on 21 April 1910 in Scilla, Calabria, Scilla and grew up in Calabria, soaking up its t ...

(1910-2011), Italian poet * Alba Galindo (born 1981), American-Canadian model, television host, and sportscaster * Alba García (born 1992), Spanish actress * Alba Gonzalo (born 1997), Spanish ice hockey goaltender *

Alba Zoe Gržin Alba Zoe Gržin (born 1 October 1996) is a Croatian female canoeist who was finalist at five senior races at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships. Biography In 2017, at the Wildwater U23 World Championships she won in C1 sprint a bronze me ...

(born 1996), Croatian canoeist *

Alba Herrera y Ogazón Alba Herrera y Ogazón (Mexico City, 2 February 1885 – 1931), a Mexican pianist, writer, journalist, teacher she's considered the first female musicologist. Early life and education Alba started studying the piano in a young age, with her eld ...

(1885–1931), Mexican pianist, writer, journalist, and teacher * Alba Mellado (born 1992), Spanish footballer *

Alba Leonila Méndez Alba Leonila Méndez Herrera (born 15 May 1968) is a Mexican politician from the National Action Party (PAN). In the 2009 mid-terms she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the seventh district of Veracruz during the 61st Congre ...

(born 1968), Mexican politician *

Alba Merino Alba Merino Sánchez (born 15 May 1989) is a Spanish football midfielder who plays for Deportivo La Coruña of Spain's Segunda División. As of July 2021, she holds the record for being the youngest footballer to feature in Spain's Primera Divis ...

(born 1989), Spanish footballer * Alba Milana (born 1959), Italian long-distance runner *

Alba Molina Alba Molina Montoya (born 1978) is a Spanish-Romani singer who performs flamenco as well as hip hop and other forms of pop music. The daughter of the flamenco couple Lole Montoya and Manuel Molina, she collaborated with Las Niñas from the lat ...

(born 1978), Spanish-Romani singer *

Alba Montserrat Alba Montserrat Tarín (born 9 June 1984) is a Spanish former football goalkeeper, who most recently played for RCD Espanyol of Spain's Primera División. Montserrat played her final game for Espanyol in April 2012, then emigrated to Munich ...

(born 1984), Spanish football goalkeeper * Alba Mujica (1916–1983), Argentinian actress * Alba Mbo Nchama (born 2003), Equatorial Guinean sprinter * Alba Parietti (born 1961), Italian television presenter, television personality, showgirl, actress, and singer * Alba Petisco (born 2003), Spanish artistic gymnast * Alba Planas (born 2000), Spanish actress * Alba Polo (born 2001), Spanish rhythmic gymnast * Alba Pomares (born 1995), Spanish footballer *

Alba Lucía Potes Cortés Alba Lucía Potes Cortés (born 1954) is a composer of contemporary classical music, and teacher at the Mannes School of Music, College Preparatory Division, in New York. Life Born in Cali, Colombia, she studied at the Antonio M. Valencia con ...

(born 1954), Colombian composer and teacher * Alba Quintanilla (born 1944), Venezuelan composer, harpist, harpsichordist, pianist, singer, conductor, and pedagogue * Alba Luz Ramos (born 1949), Nicaraguan lawyer and judge * Alba Reche (born 1997), Spanish singer-songwriter * Alba Redondo (born 1996), Spanish footballer * Alba Reyes (born 1981), Puerto Rican actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder * Alba Ribas (born 1988), Spanish actress *

Alba Rico Alba Rico Navarro is a Spanish actress, singer and model. She is known for playing the role of Naty on the Disney Channel telenovela '' Violetta''. Career Her career started in 2012 with the role of Naty Vidal, on the telenovela '' Violetta' ...

, Spanish actress, singer, and model *

Alba Riquelme Alba Lucía Riquelme Valenzuela (born February 5, 1991) is a Paraguayan model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universo Paraguay 2011 and represented her country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant. She is not related to fellow ...

(born 1991), Paraguayan model and beauty pageant titleholder *

Alba Roballo Alba Roballo (4 August 19083 September 1996) was a Uruguayan lawyer, poet, and politician, who served three consecutive terms from 1958 to 1971 in the Senate of Uruguay and a fourth term in the early 1990s. After graduating with a law degree f ...

(1908–1996), Uruguayan lawyer, poet, and politician *

Alba Rohrwacher Alba Caterina Rohrwacher (, ; born 27 February 1979) is an Italian actress. Early life Alba Rohrwacher was born in Florence, the daughter of a German father and an Italian mother. From the age of 17 to 21 she studied medicine, intending to be ...

(born 1979), Italian actress * Alba Rojo Cama (1961–2016), Mexican sculptor * Alba Roversi (born 1961), Venezuelan telenovela and actress * Alba Rueda (born 1976), Argentine politician *

Alba Ruiz Alba Ruiz Soto (born 20 June 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Madrid CFF. Ruiz started her career at Madrid CFF's academy. References External linksProfileat La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera Divi ...

(born 2003), Spanish footballer *

Alba Schwartz Sofie Albertine (Alba) Schwartz née Larsen (1857–1942) was a Danish writer who contributed to the social life of Skagen in the north of Jutland after her husband was appointed mayor in 1899. Her earlier writings documented the history of the to ...

(1857–1942), Danish writer * Alba Sidera (born 1979), Catalan journalist and author *

Alba Silvius Alba Silvius (said to have reigned 1028–989 BC) was in Roman mythology the fifth king of Alba Longa. He was the son of Latinus Silvius and the father of Atys. He reigned thirty-nine years.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, i. 71 Later tradition ...

, an ancient Roman king of Alba Longa * Alba Solís (1927–2016), Argentine singer, actress, and vedette * Alba Sotorra (born 1980), Spanish film director and documentary filmmaker *

Alba Spugnini Alba Spugnini (born 30 June 2000) is a Spanish female handballer for BM Remudas and the Spanish national team. Aalla made her official debut on the Spanish national team on 30 June 2022, against Algeria. She also represented Spain at the 2022 ...

(born 2000), Spanish handballer * Alba Teruel Ribes (born 1996), Spanish racing cyclist *

Alba Torrens Alba Torrens Salom (born 30 August 1989) is a Spanish female basketball player at the small forward position who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg. Winner of six EuroLeague titles with three clubs and eight medals with the Spanish senior team, she is ...

(born 1989), Spanish basketball player * Alba Vázquez (born 2002), Spanish swimmer *

Alba Ventura Alba Ventura (born 1978) is a Spanish classical pianist. She made her debut as a concert soloist at the age of 13, performing with the Cadaqués Orchestra of Spain, and went on to have an international solo career. She is a professor at the Conse ...

(born 1978), Spanish pianist *

Alba Vergés Alba Vergés i Bosch (born 3 September 1978) is a Catalan economist and politician who is current serving as the First Vice President of the Parliament of Catalonia since 2021 and as Acting President of the Parliament of Catalonia since 2022. ...

(born 1978), Catalan economist and politician *

Alba Rosa Viëtor Alba Rosa Viëtor (July 18, 1889 – April 15, 1979) was an Italian-born violinist and composer who settled in the United States in 1919. Biography Alba Rosa grew up in Milan, where she was admitted to the Milan Conservatory at the age of 8. S ...

(1889–1979), Italian-American violinist and composer * Alba Zaluar (1942–2019), Brazilian anthropologist

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