Maeve (Irish name)
Maeve is a feminine Irish given name.
It was spelled Medb in Old Irish (pronounced [mɛðv]), Meḋḃ, Meaḋḃ in Middle Irish, Meadhbh in early modern Irish ([mɛɣv]), and is now spelled Méabh ([mʲeːv]) or Medbh in modern Irish. It is usually Anglicised as Maeve /ˈmeɪv/, with variants such as Maev, Meave, Maive, and Maebh. The name means 'intoxicating' or 'she who intoxicates' and has strong links to mead, an ancient honey wine typically consumed during a marriage ceremony.
People
- Medb, Warrior Queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology
- Medb ingen Indrechtach mac Muiredaig, Princess of Connacht, fl. 800
- Medbh Ní Gilla Fhinnein, died 1441
- Medbh Níc Uidhir, died 1502
- Medbh Ní Chonchubhair, died 1555
- Medbh Ní Dhomhnaill, Princess of Tír Chonaill, died 1577
- Medbh Ní Conchobhair Sligigh, died 1582
- Medbh Ní Concobair Duinn, died 1582
- Maeve Brennan, Irish short story writer and journalist, mainly for The New Yorker magazine, 1917–1993
- Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist, newspaper columnist and speaker, 1940–2012
- Meave Leakey, paleontologist, born 1942
- Maeve Kinkhead, actress
- Stella Maeve, actress
In popular culture
- Maeve Ryan, played by Helen Gallagher in the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope
- Maeve Stoddard, played by Leslie Dennison in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light
- Maeve Benson, played by Alice Greczyn in the ABC Family drama Make It Or Break It
- Maeve Donavan, played by Beth Riegraf in the CBS drama Criminal Minds
- Maeve Ridordan, a character in Cate Tiernan's popular Sweep (book series)
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