Albion

Albion is a given name, usually masculine, which may refer to:
Albion Earnest Andrews, Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force (1927–1928)
Albion Avdijaj (born 1994), Albanian footballer
Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933), female American reformer and writer
Albion Rajkumar Banerjee (1871–1950), Indian civil servant and administrator, Prime Minister of Kashmir from 1927 to 1929
Albion P. Howe (1818–1897), American Civil War Union Army general
Albion W. Knight, Jr. (1924–2012), second archbishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America
Albion Parris (1788–1857), American politician and jurist
Albion Woodbury Small (1854–1926), American sociologist, influential in the establishment of sociology as a valid field of academic study
Albion W. Tourgée (1838–1905), American pioneer civil rights activist, soldier, lawyer, writer, politician and diplomat

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Ancient name of England, attested in Old English, from Latin, sometimes said to be from the non-Indo-European base *alb "mountain," which also is suggested as the source of Latin Alpes "Alps," Albania, and Alba, an Irish name for "Scotland." But more likely from Latin albus "white" (see alb), which would be an apt description of the chalk cliffs of the island's southern coast.Breoton is garsecges ealond, ðæt wæs iu geara Albion haten. [translation of Bede's "Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum," c.900 C.E.]Perfidious Albion, a reference to the supposedly treacherous policies of Britain when dealing with foreign powers, translates French rhetorical phrase la perfide Albion, said to have been in use since 16c. but popularized by Napoleon in the recruiting drive of 1813.

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Celtic baby name: white cliffs.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Albion Woodbury Small	1854	American sociologist
2	Albion Avdijaj	1994	Swiss association football player
3	Albion W. Tourgée	1838	American civil rights activist and novelist
4	Albion P. Howe	1818	Union Army general
5	Albion Parris	1788	American politician
6	Mark Albion	1951	Author
7	Albion Rajkumar Banerjee	1871	Indian politician
8	Robert G. Albion	1896	Professor of oceanic history
9	Albion Fellows Bacon	1865	American reformer and writer
10	Albion Richardson	1874	British politician
11	Albion Ballenger		19th-century Seventh-day Adventist minister and author
12	Albion Smith		American jeweller
13	Albion	0800	Saxon Warrior
14	Albion M. Marble	1848
15	Albion W. Knight	1859	American bishop
16	Albion Earnest Andrews
17	Albion Roudolph Foster	1875	Canadian politician
18	Albion Ademi	1999	Finnish footballer
19	Albion A. Perry	1851	American mayor
20	Albion W. Knight, Jr.	1924	American politician
21	Albion Örtrengen	1854	Swedish actor