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 [ syll. ai-(l)(b)he, ail-bhe ] The girl name Ailbhe is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. Ailbhe is of Celtic origin and it is used mainly in Irish. The Celtic albho ('white') is a cognate of the Latin 'albus'. In Irish mythology, Ailbhe was a female warrior of the Fianna. The name can be Anglicized as Alby or Elva. See Ailbhe for more info. Forms of the name include the Irish Alby and the Irish, English, German, and Scandinavian Elva. See also the related form, the English, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albina. Ailbhe is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Ailbhe include the English Elbi, the English Elbie, the English Elby, the Italian Elfa, the German Elfi, the German Elfie, the Arabic and Turkish Elif, the Irish, English, German, and Scandinavian Elva, the English Elvie, and the Italian Elvia.   |
