Maeve
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Maeve is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In English, recorded as Perhaps 'intoxicating one'; legendary queen of Connacht, possibly an older goddess.
- IEIreland≈1 in 3.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 24K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 34K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 303 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.3K (inferred from the name graph)
13,956 people, 2020
recorded for this name
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:
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)
Perhaps 'intoxicating one'; legendary queen of Connacht, possibly an older goddess.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
How Maeve is read(measured from records)
Maeve is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English78%
Perhaps 'intoxicating one'; legendary queen of Connacht, possibly an older goddess.
as a nameIrish first names
A female given name from Irish of mostly Irish usage.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Irish name, 'she who intoxicates'
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- French6.3%
Origine incertaine; peut venir de Marie et Ève, ou être une forme francisée de Maéva (« bienvenue » en tahitien).
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maeve 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 13,956 | 1 in 24K | 14K | Maeve | 303 |
| IE Ireland | #232 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | 43 | Maeve | 124 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 61K | 1.3K | Maeve | 148 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈750 est. | ≈1 in 34K | 427 | Maeve | 121 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 339 | 1 in 51K | 339 | Maeve | 16 |
13,956 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maeve Binchyb. 1940IEIrish novelist
- Meave Leakeyb. 1942GBnot in their usual nameBritish paleoanthropologist
- Maeve van der Steenb. 1949NLDutch actress (born 1949)
- Maeve Quinlanb. 1964USAmerican actress
- Maeve Jinkingsb. 1976BRBrazilian actress
- Maeve Kennedy McKeanb. 1979USAmerican public health official, human rights attorney and academic ( 1979-2020)
- Maeve Higginsb. 1981IEIrish comedian
- Bridget Phillipsonb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameBritish politician (born 1983)
- Maeve Dermodyb. 1985AUAustralian actress
- Maeve Pressb. 2003USAmerican actress
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 60 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 14K | #1,982 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 3.2K | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 1.3K | #26 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 427 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 339 | #2,593 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 237 | #4,974 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 158 | #38 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2025 | 158 | #38 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 129 | #25 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2025 | 94 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2025 | 44 | #26 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2017 | 43 | #133 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Is Maeve a male or female name?
- Maeve 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.
- What does the name Maeve mean, and where does it come from?
- Perhaps 'intoxicating one'; legendary queen of Connacht, possibly an older goddess. Recorded by Irish first names.
- What are other forms of the name Maeve?
- In the etymology graph, Mave, Meadhbh and Méabh are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Maeve have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Maeve, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maeve.
- How common is the name Maeve?
- In the United States, the national register counted 13,956 people named Maeve in 2020, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
- How common is Maeve compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Maeve is the 232nd most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maeveThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Maeve” — the 232nd most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.