Ailbhe

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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced Pron. AL-vyə(Irish)

Meaning & History

From Old Irish Ailbe, possibly derived from the old Celtic root *albiyo- "world, light, white" or Old Irish ail "rock". In Irish legend this was the name of a female warrior of the Fianna. It was also the name of a 6th-century masculine saint, the founder of a monastery at Emly.