# Alban

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,605

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Latin.
2. Saint Alban, a Christian martyr executed in Verulamium (St Albans) in the 3rd or 4th century.

## Etymology
From Latin Albānus (“resident of Alba”) (a mountain region and an ancient city of Latium).

## Easily confused with
- **alma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alma)
- **alta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alta)
- **alfa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alfa)
- **Alla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alla)
- **Alva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alva)
- **Alon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alon)
- **Alun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alun)
- **album** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-album)
- **Asian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-asian)
- **Allen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-allen)
- **alien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alien)
- **Allah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-allah)
- **Allan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-allan)
- **altar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-altar)
- **align** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-align)
- **algae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-algae)
- **alias** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alias)
- **Alvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-alvin)
- **ASEAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-asean)
- **Aryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alban-vs-aryan)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ablan`, `alabn`, `albann`, `albban`, `albna`, `allban`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alban