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About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- Variants
- Méabh, Meadhbh
- Stronghold region
- Connacht
Overview
An anglicisation of Méabh, the warrior-queen of Connacht; widely used as an independent given name in Ireland and the diaspora.
The story behind Maeve
The simplified spelling, popular outside Ireland for the queen of the great epic.
Mythology & legend
Anglicised form of Méabh, Queen of Connacht and antagonist of the Táin.
Did you know?
Yeats's Maeve walks through several of his poems as the queen of the dead.
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