Thoughts on girls name Alba

[Englishmummy]

Me and my DH both love the name Alba, we like the link to the Spanish and a Italian meaning ‘Dawn’ and it’s also growing a lot in popularity in France (DH is French I’m English and we live in England currently). My concern is the Scottish connotations with the world meaning Scotland in Gaelic. Would people find this weird?

Sounds like the name of a cheap radio

I know one Alba. I really like it though on first hearing it I hear Albert so that person might end up correcting people a lot, still I love the name.

Lovely.

Yep, sorry OP, it’s forever a cassette player from the 70s

It’s not very, for want of a better word, ‘girly’ sounding to my British ears.

My first thought would be BBC Alba, swiftly followed by clock radio

It's quite a popular name - I know 3 I think.

Don’t like it - it’s the Gaelic name for Scotland and it’s the name of a political party plus every taxi firm and skip hire company up here!

I like it, I know 3 under the age of about 7 with that name. I personally prefer Alva which I think might be Scandinavian although I'm not 100% sure on the origin

It was the name of the daughter in The Time Traveller’s wife. I don’t think it’s a pretty name, tbh.

I know one, it's nice

No.

I don’t like it at all. It’s frumpy to my ears.

As a Scot I don’t find it weird. It’s not a name I like but the Scottish connection wouldn’t put me off as it’s not really used here as the Gaelic speaking community is fairly small.

I know a Spanish alba. It suits her very well so I say yes! Use it

I'm in the UK and I know three little Albas, so I'd say it's quite popular now. To me it just reminds me of the electronics brand but the younger generations won't know of this.

nope cheap radio

sounds bad too

Also Charlotte Crosby little girl

It literally means Scotland so I wouldn't use it for that reason.

BBC Alba.

And my cheap Alba cassette player when I was a kid!

I like it, I'm Scottish and know a couple of little girls called Alba. I would definitely associate it with Scotland and didn't know it had links to other languages and countries.

This ^^

I’m Scottish and I know two collies called Alba. So I wouldn’t use it for a human.

This.

I know one Alva, it's an anglicised spelling of the Irish name (Ailbhe) in her case, and I agree it's really nice.

I've know two Alba's, both Spanish, and both absolutely lovely human beings, so I'm on board with it 😊