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Alby (surname)

Variants:Albin (S) Aubin (S) Auby (S)
Derivative of:Ali (M)
Can be spelt:Albee (S)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. English, from placenames in Norfolk and Lincolnshire, from Old Norse "Ali's farm".  In this context, Ali is a short form of several Norse names beginning with that element.

2. French variant of Albin, from a Latin given name meaning "white".
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