Irish (Ulster, Leinster, and Kerry): reduced Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Leathlobhair ‘descendant of Leathlobhar’, a
personal name composed of the elements leath ‘half’
(i.e. ‘somewhat’, ‘fairly’) and lobar ‘leprous’, ‘sick’. The
name seems to have been originally a byname for a man of unhealthy
constitution.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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