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Maeve

mayv
Irish
"she who intoxicates"
Sophie Kihm
By Sophie Kihm
Updated Tue Feb 03 2026

Maeve Origin and Meaning

Variation of Mab
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Maeve Rank in US Top 1000

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Popularity of the name Maeve

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Famous People Named Maeve

  • (Anne) Maeve Binchy
    Irish novelist
  • Maeve Brennan
    Irish novelist
  • Maeve Dermody
    Australian actress
  • Maeve Geraldine Fort
    British diplomat
  • Maeve Patricia Mary Theresa Gilmore
    British painter; wife of author Mervyn Peake
  • Maeve Higgins
    Irish comedienne
  • Maeve Kinkead
    American soap opera actress
  • Maeve Anne Quinlan
    American actress
  • Maeve Fahey Kennedy Townsend (b. 1979)
    daughter of politician Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; granddaughter of politician Robert F. Kennedy
  • Maeve Elsbeth Erbe Kinney (b. 1995)
    daughter of actors Terry Kinney and Kathryn Erbe
  • Maeve Frances O'Donnell (b. 2007)
    daughter of actor Chris O'Donnell
  • Maeve Taylor
    Flynn (b. 2008), daughter of actress Lili Taylor and poet Nick Flynn
  • Maeve Thea Rosa (b. 2017)
    daughter of YouTubers Tara and Mandi Rosa of Living Rosa; twin of sister Everett Lux
  • Maev Alexander (born Maev Alexandra Reid McConnell)
    Scottish actress
  • Maev Ni Mhaolchatha
    Irish singer of group Celtic Woman

The name Maeve in Pop Culture

  • Maeve
    queen of Connaught in Irish mythology
  • Maeve
    character on TV's Make It Or Break It
  • Maeve
    character in Dustlands series by Moira Young
  • Maeve Colleary Ryan
    character on American soap Ryan's Hope
  • Maeve Donovan
    former girlfriend of Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds
  • Maeve
    Celtic sorceress on TV show The Adventures of Sinbad
  • Maeve Millay
    character on TV series Westworld
  • Maeve Jacqueline Kelly Corrigan
    Queen of Beldain, character in "The Young Elites" book series by Marie Lu
  • Queen Maeve
    main antagonist of Sarah J. Maas's book series "Throne of Glass"
  • Maeve Wiley
    character on TV's Sex Education
  • Maeve Rojas
    character in "One of Us is Lying" by Karen McManus

International Variations of the name Maeve

  • Maeva
    French
  • Maebh
    Gaelic
  • Medbh
    Gaelic
  • Madhbh
    Gaelic
  • Meadhbh
    Gaelic
  • Meibh
    Gaelic

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