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Maeve

/meɪv/

Maeve proper noun: a female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage.

Proper noun

Maeve

  1. A female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage.

Origin of Maeve

Anglicized from Irish Méabh, from Middle Irish Medb (literally “intoxicating”), name of a legendary queen of Connacht.

Words that rhyme with Maeve

29 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Maeve

What does Maeve mean?
Maeve means a female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage.
What part of speech is Maeve?
Maeve is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Maeve?
Maeve is pronounced /meɪv/.

Words near Maeve in the dictionary

  1. maestros
  2. Maesulian
  3. Maesulians
  4. Maesycwmmer
  5. Maeterlinckian
  6. Maeve
  7. Maevelight
  8. Maez
  9. Maezes
  10. maezumo
  11. MAF

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Maeve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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