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Gender Feminine
Usage Arthurian Cycle
Meaning & History
Of uncertain derivation. This name belonged to a character in the Irish Arthurian romance Céilidhe Iosgaide Léithe (The Visit of Iosgaid Liath or Visit of the Grey-Hammed Lady). Rathlean was the granddaughter of an Icelandic king and mother of Ailleann.