Title: Maeve Content: Maeve (also Maev; pronounced MAY-V, rhyming with cave) is a female given name of Irish origin. It is from the Irish name Méabh (spelled Meadhbh in early modern Irish and Medb in old Irish). In Irish mythology Medb was a queen who was thought to have once been a sovereignty goddess. ==Usage== Ireland: The spelling Maeve was a top 100 girls' name in most years between 1964 and 2009. Meabh was 99 on the list of popular girls' names in 2020. Northern Ireland: Maeve was in the top 100 between 1997 and 2004. Meabh was 44th in 2017. United States: Maeve was among the top 500 girls' names from 2013 and in the top 150 in 2021. ===People named as Maeve or similar=== *Medb, Queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology *Medb ingen Indrechtach mac Muiredaig, Princess of Connacht, fl. 800 *Maeve Binchy (1940–2012), Irish writer *Maeve Brennan (1917–1993), Irish short story writer and journalist *Maeve Dermody (born 1985), Australian actress *Maeve Fort (born 1940), British diplomat *Maeve Gilmore (1917–1983], British artist and wife of Mervyn Peake *Maeve Harris (born 1976), American abstract painter *Maeve Higgins (born 1981), Irish comedian *Maeve Hillery (née Finnegan), retired Irish doctor, the widow of Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland 1976–90 *Maeve Ingoldsby (born 1947), Irish writer *Maeve Jinkings (born 1976), Brazilian actress *Maeve Kelly (born 1930), Irish writer *Maeve Kennedy McKean, American attorney and academic *Maeve Kinkead (born 1946), American actress *Meave Leakey, paleontologist, born 1942 *Maeve Ludlow, fictional character from Doctors *Maeve McCarthy, Irish mathematician *Maeve McGuire (born 1937), American actress *Maeve Murphy, Irish screenwriter and film director *Maeve O'Boyle (born 1987), Scottish singer-songwriter *Maeve O'Donovan (born 1990), Irish singer *Maeve Quaid, Canadian academic *Maeve Quinlan (born 1964), American actress and tennis player *Maeve Sherlock (born 1960), British peer ==In popular cultures== *Maeve Benson, in the ABC Family drama Make It Or Break It, played by Alice Greczyn *Maeve Donavan, portrayed in the American police drama Criminal Minds *Maeve Millay is a main character in the TV series Westworld *Maeve Ridordan, in Cate Tiernan's Sweep (book series) *Maeve Ryan, in the American soap opera Ryan's Hope, played by Helen Gallagher *Maeve Rojas, in Karen McManus’s One of Us book series *Maeve Stoddard, in the American soap opera Guiding Light *Maeve Wiley, in the Netflix series Sex Education, played by Emma Mackey *Maeve, a sorceress in the Canadian TV series The Adventures of Sinbad *Maeve, a flanker class character in the popular video game Paladins: Champions of the Realm *Maeve, a Fae Queen in the Throne of Glass series *Maeve, The Winter Lady, the youngest of the Winter Queens. She is the Queen Who is to Come in The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher *Queen Maeve is a superhero. She is part of "The 7" on the series The Boys. *Maebh, character in the 8th series. She appeared in the 10th episode of Doctor Who, "In the Forest of the Night". *Queen Meve, Queen of Lyria and Rivia in The Witcher universe. She gave Geralt his title "of Rivia" *Mebh Óg MacTíre is a main character in the animated film Wolfwalkers Category:Given names