Etymology

Maeve

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Today it means: A female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage. Full definition →

Irish Méabh ← Middle Irish Medb
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  1. Middle Irish · derived fromMedb
  2. Irish · borrowed fromMéabh
  3. English todayMaeve

Anglicized form of the Irish Méabh, from Middle Irish Medb (literally “intoxicating”) and Meadhbh in Medieval irish. The name of a legendary queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.