What is this Maeve name I keep seeing?

cjilla · April 2009

How do you say it (Mave?) and where did it come from. Not sure how I feel about it...

CourtneyRDH · April 2009

I've never heard of it before. I only know that Mauve is a color, but not sure about Maeve.?

Aligator28 · April 2009

It's an Irish name. It's like may-ve.

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ttmccoot · April 2009

Maeve is an Irish name... very old school. Pronounced 'mayv'.

IMHO, it's a really great name. https://nameberry.com/name/maeve

AllThatGlitters101 · April 2009

It's nms, but to each their own.

EmmieB · April 2009

Wiki article in case you want too much information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeve

andrea922 · April 2009

It is very Irish. I guess I don't get how else people would pronounce it besides the correct way.

pinktulips · April 2009

andrea922:
I guess I don't get how else people would pronounce it besides the correct way.

Agreed.

Also the name of my favorite author - Maeve Binchy (who is Irish)

newportbride715 · April 2009

audreybee24:
NMS. It seems like everyone would always be asking how to pronounce it!

Depends on where you live. I don't think it would be a prob in the northeast. There are lots of Irish. (As well as lots of everything, really!)

kegallagh · April 2009

andrea922:
I guess I don't get how else people would pronounce it besides the correct way.

Exactly. Mav? Mawv? How many possibilities could people find?

newportbride715 · April 2009

kegallagh:
andrea922:
I guess I don't get how else people would pronounce it besides the correct way.
Exactly. Mav? Mawv? How many possibilities could people find?

lol

Sometimes I feel like if we went by the general public, all names would be spelled 100% phonetically to avoid all possible confusion.

CourtneyRDH · April 2009

I'm sorry, but I really hate it.?

meplusone · April 2009

Here in New England, I know 2 baby girls under age 2 named Maeve.

I think it's on it's way up around here. Irish names are very popular and this one isnt' overused yet.....

Kristin131 · April 2009

My friend's sister is very Irish and so is her husband. They have 2 daughters named Fiona and Maeve and a son Eammon. Very Irish haha!!

naflmj · April 2009

It is pronounced like you have it...it's a traditional irish name. I love it, DH not so much.

dpdw · April 2009

One of my most favorite names -- but unfortunately doesn't work with my last name.

It's a very old Irish name. There was a Queen Maeve in Irish mythology

PunkyBooster · April 2009

May-v Like Save but with an M.

It's very irish. I actually prefer it spelled Mave. I think it means intoxicating?

DarcyLongfellow · April 2009

I love the name Maeve.

I didn't know some people had never heard of the name. I know it because of Maeve Binchy -- the author of Circle of Friends.

IU_baby · April 2009

I love it. I was planning to use it as a middle name if we had a girl. It combines my grandmother's middle name (Mae) with DH's grandmother's first name (Vera).