Maeve
Queen Maev , illustration by Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Maeve [ meɪv ] is an anglicized Irish female given name meaning intoxicating , intoxicating . The old Irish form of the name was Medb [ mɛðv ], Middle Irish Me frü , early New Irish Meaḋḃ / Meadhbh . The New Irish form of the name is Méabh [ meːvˠ ]. Ancestress of the name is Medb , a legendary war queen in pre-Christian Ireland of the 1st century and a central figure in theIrish mythology .
Variants of the name include Mead and Meade .
Name bearers
- Maeve Binchy (1939–2012), Irish writer and columnist
- Maeve Brennan (1917–1993), Irish-American journalist and writer
- Méabh De Búrca (* 1988), Irish football player
- Maeve Dermody (born 1985), Australian actress
- Maeve O'Brien-Kelly (born 1930), Irish author
- Maeve Kinkead (born 1946), American actress
- Maeve Kyle (* 1928), Irish-British sprinter and middle distance runner
- Maeve Quinlan (born 1964), Irish-American actress
- Maeve Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock (* 1960), British Labor Party politician
- Stella Maeve ( Stella Maeve Johnston ; * 1989), American actress