Male first name (German): Alban, from the town of Alba (in central Italy) ordinary end; Latin (Geographic name as first name); albus = white; hl known by. Alban of Mainz, Martyr (4th and 5th century) Male first name (Albanian): Alban, of Alban;; information to the female form Albana:; by name 'Alban' the only Illyrian tribe of the turmoil of the centuries after the Fall of the Roman Empire survived, 'Albania' as the name of the country goes back to the name of this tribe