Albanian baby names

Albanian baby names consist of a given name; the given name of the individual's father, which is rarely included except in official documents; and a family name or surname.

Traditionally, the Albanian baby names are original Albanian-meaning names, or religious names either Islamic or Christian like Flutura for butterfly, Shpresa for hope, Lindita meaning \"the day is born\".

During the Communist regime, an Illyrian origin of the Albanians, a theory which has been reinvigorate today, results in a revival of given names and Illyrian names were constructed as appropriate names instead of religious names associated with Christianity or Islam. This trend became more common after 1944, and it became the Socialist government’s policy to heavily discourage religious given names.

At present, many modern baby names are Greek, or Italian as Albanians are the largest migrant group in Greece and second largest migrant group in Italy. More and more pople are opting for much shorter and internationally comprehensible name with roots in the pre communist era.

As per the Institute of Statistics in Albania, insat, the top 10 Albanian baby names are dominated by West and christianity influenced name. The list features Amelia and Noel as the most given name for baby boy and baby girl respectively. Have a look at these Top 10 most popular baby names in Albania below:

Most Popular Albanian Girl Names

Most Popular Albanian Boy Names

In addition to these, we can see many non Albanian native names that began to rise in different albanian cities like Enea, Alesja, Natalia, Alesio, Mihal, Anesti, Denis, Kostandina, Enea, Mateo, Adela, Ergi, Angjelo, Ajan, Amelio.

For parents hunting for a baby name, here is the list of over 300 Albanian baby names.