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Maeve name translation. Maeve Name Meaning More. Maeve is a first name of Irish origin. M eave as a name for girls means joy hilarity.

Meave is a version of Mab Irish Gaelic Welsh. Meanings Celtic Baby Names Meaning. From an old Irish name Madb or Medb the cause of great joy or she who intoxicates.

The original variant is Meadhbh. Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Medb meaning intoxicating. Famous Maeves include Anne Maeve Binchy Irish author and Maeve Quinlan actress.

It is of Irish and Gaelic origin and the meaning of Maeve is intoxicating. Anglicized form of Meadhbh a name of uncertain meaning. In the Latin origin Maeve means A purple flower.

Its derivation is Irish. In Irish Gaelic the name Medbh or Méadhbh means she who intoxicates It is rooted in the Irish legend of Queen Maeve or Medb one of the main protagonists of the early Irish legend Táin Bó Cúailnge. It also gained a diminutive form of Meidhbhín which was anglicised as Meaveen and Mabbina From 1964 to 2009 Maeve ranked in the top 100 of Ireland in every year bar twelve over forty-six years.

What does the name Maeve mean. Meave is also a variation of Maeve Irish Gaelic. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.