Leathlobhair as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Leathlobhair

What is the meaning of the name Leathlobhair ?

The baby name Leathlobhair is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced LAH-loh-var (approx.) — IPA: /ˈlah.loʊ.vər/.

Leathlobhair is Gaelic, Irish in Origin.

Leathlobhair is the Gaelic genitive form of the early Irish male name Leathlobhar (Old Irish Lethlobar), built from leth “half” + lobhar/lobar “leprous, ailing; weak,” yielding the stark meaning “half-leprous” or more gently “somewhat infirm.” Such descriptive bynames were common in early medieval Ireland and could become hereditary personal names. The name is well attested among the Ulaid, notably in the Annals: Lethlobar mac Loingsig (d. 709) and Lethlobar mac Echach (d. 873), kings of Dál nAraide.

As a given name it faded after the Middle Ages but survives in the surname Ó Leathlobhair, anglicized Lalor and Lawlor, prominent in Leinster (e.g., James Fintan Lalor). Variants include Leathlobhar (nominative), Leathlobhair (genitive), Lethlobar (Old Irish), and the rare modernized forename Lalor. Usage today is extremely rare and chiefly antiquarian or revivalist.

⚙ We have no record of Leathlobhair in any national birth registry or name dataset. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. By any reading, it's an exceptionally uncommon choice.