Albanian baby names

Names with roots in Albanian words, Illyrian history and the landscape. Meanings come from Behind the Name, and each one links to its source.

Girls (29)

Afërdita: daybreak, morning (afër "near" + ditë "day") [source]
Arbana: "Albanian", from arbën [source]
Ardita: feminine of Ardit, "golden day" [source]
Behare: feminine of Behar, "spring, summer" [source]
Blerina: feminine of Blerim, "greenery" [source]
Blerta: from blertë, "green" [source]
Bukurije: from bukur, "beautiful" [source]
Dafina: "laurel" [source]
Dardana: feminine of Dardan, from the Illyrian Dardani tribe [source]
Donika: Albanian form of Andronika; the name of Skanderbeg's wife [source]
Drita: from dritë, "light" [source]
Dhurata: from dhuratë, "gift" [source]
Edlira: from dëlirë, "pure" [source]
Era: from erë, "wind" [source]
Fjolla: from fjollë, "fine snow" [source]
Flutura: "butterfly" [source]
Lindita: "the day is born" (lind + ditë) [source]
Liri: "liberty, freedom" [source]
Lule: "flower" [source]
Luljeta: "flower of life" (lule + jetë) [source]
Lumturi: from lumtur, "happy" [source]
Majlinda: from maj "May" + lind "to be born" [source]
Manushaqe: "violet" (the flower) [source]
Mimoza: the mimosa plant [source]
Pranvera: from pranverë, "spring" [source]
Rudina: from rudinë, "mountain meadow" [source]
Shpresa: from shpresë, "hope" [source]
Teuta: possibly Illyrian "queen, lady of the people"; a 3rd-century BC Illyrian queen [source]
Valbona: from Valbona, the valley and river in northern Albania [source]

Afrim: "approach" [source]
Agim: "dawn" [source]
Agron: probably Illyrian, maybe linked to ag "dawn"; a 3rd-century BC Illyrian king [source]
Arben: from Arbën, "Albanian" [source]
Ardian: from the Illyrian Ardiaei tribe [source]
Ardit: "golden day" (ar + ditë) [source]
Arian: from ar, "gold" [source]
Artan: from artë, "golden" [source]
Astrit: "green whip snake, dragon" [source]
Bashkim: from bashkë, "together" [source]
Behar: archaic "spring, summer" [source]
Bekim: "blessing" [source]
Besnik: "faithful" [source]
Blerim: "greenery, vegetation" [source]
Bujar: "generous, noble" [source]
Burim: "spring, water source" [source]
Dardan: from the Illyrian Dardani tribe [source]
Dren: from dre, "deer" [source]
Dritan: masculine of Drita, "light" [source]
Endrit: from dritë, "light" [source]
Fatmir: from fatmirë, "lucky" [source]
Fatos: "brave, valiant" [source]
Gentian: the gentian flower, named after the Illyrian king Gentius [source]
Gëzim: "joy, happiness" [source]
Granit: "granite" [source]
Ilir: "Illyrian" [source]
Kastriot: from Kastrioti, the family of Skanderbeg [source]
Kujtim: "memory, remembrance" [source]
Luan: "lion" [source]
Lulzim: from lulëzim, "blooming, prosperity" [source]
Ndriçim: "illumination, brightness" [source]
Petrit: "falcon" [source]
Pëllumb: "dove" [source]
Përparim: "progress" [source]
Shkëlqim: "shining, blaze" [source]

Source: Behind the Name, Albanian names, checked October 15, 2026. Where the source says a meaning is uncertain, we say so.