Girl · Old Irish
Méabh
Say it: MAYV
Meaning
From Old Irish Medb, related to mid 'mead': 'intoxicating' or 'she who intoxicates'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 29 babies given this name since 1999
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 159,900 girls
- 10 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Medb, Meadhbh, Maedhbh
| English | Maeve |
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Famous bearers
- Medb, warrior queen of Connacht in the Táin Bó Cúailnge
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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