The surname Albis is interpreted, according to the main scholars, from an origin linked to nicknames that arose in the local sphere of Sardinia. E. De Felice notes that it is a surname characteristic of this region, especially of the Campidano, and that it derives from the Campidanese Sardinian noun abhi ('bee'), in its plural form abhis. In this sense, the surname would have arisen as a nickname based on a symbolic characteristic or a reference to the natural environment.

For his part, E. Rossoni agrees with this interpretation and specifies that the term abis ('bees') may have been linked to the trade of beekeeper, which reinforces the hypothesis of an occupational origin. He also provides historical documentation confirming the antiquity of the surname, present in medieval Sardinian records such as the Peace of Eleonora of 1388 and the Condaghe of San Nicola di Trullas (11th–12th centuries).

Overall, the surname Albis reflects a formation typical of the Sardinian sphere, where nicknames derived from elements of the natural environment or from everyday activities gave rise to hereditary surnames.