Maeve

Where Maeve comes from

Anglicized from Irish Méabh, from Middle Irish Medb (literally “intoxicating”), name of a legendary queen of Connacht.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maeve
  • Irish
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1940
    Maeve Binchy born
    Irish novelist
  2. 1940
    First appearance
    #3,208 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1964
    Maeve Quinlan born
    American actress
  4. 2023
    Peak, #73
    3,062 babies named Maeve — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage.
Namesakes
  • Maeve Binchy · Irish novelist, 1940–2012
  • Maeve Quinlan · American actress, born 1964
  • Maeve Dermody · Australian actress, born 1985
  • Maeve Brennan · Irish writer, 1917–1993
  • Maeve Plouffe · Australian cyclist, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.