Ailbhe
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/eɪlbð/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ailbhe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ireland than in any other country.
- IEIreland≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 765K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 791K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ireland (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 84 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈390 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ailbhe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE Ireland | #462 | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 78 | Ailbhe | 84 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | 21 | Ailbhe | 68 |
| US United States | — | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 8.8M | — | Ailbhe | 67 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 791K | — | Ailbhe | 25 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 765K | — | Ailbhe | 4 |
| FR France | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 6.7M | — | Ailbhe | 22 |
| PL Poland | — | 4 | 1 in 9.6M | 4 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ailbhe is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Irish Gaelic: traditional name of uncertain origin, perhaps from an Old Celtic element cognate with Latin albus white (cf. ALBINA ). It has been Anglicized as Alby and, as a male name, ALBERT .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ailbhe Smythb. 1946IEIrish activist and feminist
- Ailbhe Mac Shamhráinb. 1954IEIrish historian (1954–2011)
- Ailbhe Darcyb. 1981IEIrish poet
- Ailbhe McDonaghb. 1982IEmusical artist
- Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuighb. 1984IEIrish poet
- Ailbhe Nic Giolla BhrighdeIEIrish screen writer and author
- Ailbhe White Gibsonresearcher
- Ailbhe Kavanaghresearcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4671-3076)
- Ailbhe Croninarchaeologist
- Ailbhe GarrihyIEIrish PR consultant
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2019 | 78 | #75 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2014 | 69 | #95 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2012 | 68 | #93 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2018 | 67 | #90 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2016 | 64 | #91 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2017 | 62 | #99 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2010 | 62 | #107 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2009 | 58 | #110 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2007 | 54 | #109 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2006 | 53 | #102 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2004 | 53 | #99 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2002 | 52 | #94 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ailbhe?
- A machine transcription gives /eɪlbð/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Ailbhe a male or female name?
- Ailbhe is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Ailbhe?
- In the etymology graph, Elva is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ailbhe have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 393 people named Ailbhe in Ireland, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ailbhe.
- How common is the name Ailbhe?
- In Poland, the national register counted 4 people named Ailbhe in 2026, about 1 in 9.6 million residents.
- How common is Ailbhe compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Ailbhe is the 462nd most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ailbhe?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ailbheThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ailbhe” — the 462nd most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.