Maeve
Maeve is a girl name of Irish origin, meaning She who intoxicates; queen.
What Maeve means
She who intoxicates; queen.
Maeve sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Maeve comes from
Irish names come from the Gaelic tradition, and most of the familiar spellings are anglicisations of older forms. The original often looks nothing like the version in common use today.
Maeve is recorded as Irish in origin. Browse other Irish names.
How popular is Maeve?
You will not find Maeve in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Maeve
Maeve spans royalty and rule and the Irish tradition, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Maeve
These share Maeve's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Saoirse — Freedom, liberty.
- Sinead — God is gracious.
- Aine — Radiance; queen of the fairies.
- Aoife — Beautiful; radiant.
- Niamh — Bright; radiant.
- Orla — Golden princess.
- Orlaith — Golden princess.
- Riona — Queenly.
- Cillian — War, strife; bright-headed.
- Declan — Full of goodness; an Irish saint.
- Eoin — God is gracious.
- Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
More Irish names
- Lorcan — Little fierce one.
- Mairead — Pearl.
- Liam — Strong-willed warrior and protector.
- Malachy — Messenger of God.
- Lennon — Little cloak; dear one.
- Muireann — Sea-fair; of the white sea.
- Laoise — Radiant girl; light.
- Naoise — A warrior of legend.
- Killian — Little church; bright.
- Niall — Champion; cloud.