Celtic · girl

Maeve

A gentle name climbing in the U.S. right now.

Rank 2024

#75

Trend

rising

Band

common

Styles

classic · modern

Meaning

She who intoxicates, a great queen

Maeve is a common girl name with Celtic roots. In 2024, 3,098 newborns in the U.S. were given the name — ranking it #75 nationally, and it has been climbing in recent years. Its style leans classic, modern — tags you can match against your partner's picks in the combiner.

classicmodern

About Celtic names

Celtic names come from the old languages of Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany, and they carry that landscape with them — names meaning fair, little fire, born of the sea. Spellings can look mysterious to American eyes (Saoirse, Niamh) because Gaelic follows its own elegant rules. Many arrive with myths attached: warriors, queens, and figures from stories a thousand years deep.

Meaning and origin are editorial; U.S. popularity comes from Social Security Administration public files.

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