Méabh
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Méabh is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ireland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle Irish Medb, from Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.
- IEIreland≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 687K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 924K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ireland (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 64 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Meabh in IE Ireland, GB United Kingdom, US United States and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle IrishMedb(measured from records)
- Proto-Celtic*medwā(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰu(measured from records)
- Proto-Celtic*medwos(measured from records)
From Middle Irish Medb, from Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Méabh counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE Ireland | #604 | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 34K | 81 | Meabh | 59 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 924K | 81 | Meabh | 64 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 687K | — | Meabh | 28 |
| US United States | — | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 16M | 13 | Meabh | 47 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 6.8M | 1 | Meabh | 10 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 2.1M | — | Meabh | 2 |
| PL Poland | — | 3 | 1 in 13M | 3 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Méabh is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Méabh de Búrcab. 1988IEIrish soccer player
- Méabh Ní ThuathaláinIEIrish journalist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2019 | 66 | #87 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #17,183 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 3 | #17,184 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2022 | 1 | #2,258 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2021 | 1 | #2,272 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2018 | — | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2017 | — | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2016 | — | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2015 | — | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2014 | — | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2013 | — | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2012 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Méabh mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle Irish Medb, from Proto-Celtic *medwā, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Compare Middle Irish medb (“intoxicating”), from Proto-Celtic *medwos. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- What are other forms of the name Méabh?
- In the etymology graph, Maeve, Mave and Meadhbh are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Méabh a male or female name?
- Méabh is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Méabh have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 154 people named Méabh in Ireland, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled meabh.
- How common is the name Méabh?
- In Poland, the national register counted 3 people named Méabh in 2026, about 1 in 13 million residents.
- How common is Méabh compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Méabh is the 604th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/m%C3%A9abhThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Méabh” — the 604th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.