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Maeve (Irish name)

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Maeve is a feminine Irish given name.

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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.

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  • 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
  • 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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