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)

External links

• http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Meadhbh.shtml