Arbër

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Albanian (Albania, Kosovo)

Meaning

an Albanian masculine name from Arbër, the medieval Albanian name for Albania itself — the ancient self-designation of the Albanian people before the Turks called them Arnaut and before the Slavic name Shqiptar (eagle-people) became dominant; Arberia was the medieval name for the Albanian territory, and Arbëreshë are the communities of Albanian settlers who migrated to southern Italy in the fifteenth century to escape Ottoman conquest and who maintain archaic forms of the Albanian language to this day; naming a son Arbër is an act of Albanian national identity — declaring that he is an Albanian in the deepest historical sense, descended from the Arbër who gave their name to their country; Arbër is particularly common in Kosovo and among Kosovar Albanians, for whom Arbëria evokes the medieval Albanian cultural golden age before Ottoman rule

Gender

male

Also spelled

Arber, Arber