Maeve

Maeve is an Irish female first name with the meaning exhilarating, intoxicating. Ancestress of the name is Meadhbh, a legendary war queen in pre-Christian Ireland of the 1st century and a central figure of Irish mythology.

Variants of the name are, inter alia, Mead and Meade.

Name winners

First name

  • Maeve Binchy (1940-2012), Irish writer and columnist
  • Maeve Brennan (1917-1993), Irish- American journalist and writer
  • Maeve Dermody ( born 1985 ), Australian actress
  • Maeve Kinkead ( born 1946 ), American actress
  • Maeve Quinlan (born 1964 ), Irish- American actress

Artist Name

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