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?

I know an Alba ( Scottish) and an Alda ( Italian) like both names.

I know two Spanish Albas; both lovely, and therefore a great name 😉

Weird @anon2022anon - literally wrote my post and then scrolled to see what else had been said 😂

Charlotte Crosby

It sounds weird with a French accent, a name that works in both languages is best imo.

I know two Spanish Albas and one Scottish Alba. Perfectly fine as a name.

lovely- if you like it go for it!!

Love it but I'm Spanish and live in Spain. Beautiful name

Love it! It's in my baby name list but we're having a boy so couldn't use!!

I prefer Alma

I strongly dislike this name. I find it very clunky sounding.

It's the name of a political party. It'd be like calling your kid Tory.

I’m not keen. Many people don’t pronounce their “T’s” where I’m from, so it sounds indistinguishable from Albert. That would put me off. I like Alma though.

It pronounced that way in Gaelic - the rest of us up here just say Alba as everyone else in the UK does. It might not be right, but it’s just how it is.

Confused by the few comments saying they'd be put off by it meaning Scotland. What's wrong with that? Doesn't seem a bad thing to me. It's a nice name OP but I do associate it with my first tape deck. That's a generation thing though so don't let that put you off if you like the name.

Alba is a beautiful Spanish name. I really like it.

Love it. Paloma is also lovely.

That is literally, exactly what I’ve just said?

I'd avoid Alva too, if you don't want any Scottish connection - it's a town in Clackmannanshire.

How about Aurora or Lucia? Or Anya?

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Adore it. Totally stunning and round in the mouth. 100%

I know a beautiful Spanish Alba. She gets a lot of compliments on her name. I love that it means dawn. Beautiful. Easy for her to spell too.

I didn't know it meant Scotland

I did know however, that it means White. (Latin). My son has a very close name and is also connected to Alba.

I love it, it's a beautiful name.

The Argos budget electronics range was (is?) called Alba

I really like it, and have never heard of the electronics brand (I’m in my 30s). The Scottish connection didn’t spring to mind tbh, as someone based in England. So I’d say go for it!