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how do you say Maeve?

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I've never heard this one IRL, only on this board.  Is it like May with a 'v'?  Or is the v silent?  I always want to say it as mauve, like the color.
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Re: how do you say Maeve?

  • mrsjennimrsjenni member
    I say it as May-v. Not sure if that's right or not.
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  • I'mAcrossThePondI'mAcrossThePond
    May-vee
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  • ohmygoodness99ohmygoodness99
    I thought it was pronounced "Mave" like wave.
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  • thewayiamthewayiam

    IMO it's like Mayva (or Mae-vuh). My friend's mom is a Maeve and that's how she's pronounced it. It's Irish. Though I think the author Maeve Binchy is just Mayv (no uh). This site says it's Mayv. https://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Maeve.html

    Maeve is an Irish goddess. https://www.hranajanto.com/goddessgallery/maeve.html

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  • mrsjennimrsjenni member

    imageI'mAcrossThePond:
    May-vee

    As in, rhymes with "navy"?  I would have never thought that.  I totally read it as May-vuh. 

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    imageohmygoodness99:
    I thought it was pronounced "Mave" like wave.

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  • sweetpea2003sweetpea2003 member
    Mayv.  Rhymes with Wave, Dave, Pave, etc. 

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  • PhilsWife07PhilsWife07 member

    imagesweetpea2003:
    Mayv.  Rhymes with Wave, Dave, Pave, etc. 

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  • aubreysmom1aubreysmom1 member
    Love that name- but not the meaning so much...
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  • EXL311EXL311 member
    Yep Maeve rhymes with Dave, etc.
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  • trebmaltrebmal
    I say it to rhyme with Dave.  Could be wrong
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  • andrea922andrea922 member
    imagemrs.jenni:

    imageI'mAcrossThePond:
    May-vee

    As in, rhymes with "navy"?  I would have never thought that.  I totally read it as May-vuh. 

    No, it rhymes with Dave. 

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