Albus
Boy · AL-bus · Latin
Albus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “white, bright”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Albus mean?
Latin: Latin adjective
“white, bright”
Best known from Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.
- Say it
- AL-bus
Is Albus a girl's or a boy's name?
Albus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Albus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Albus, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Albus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Albus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
Nicknames for Albus
- Al 19 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Albus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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