Mayve
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning great queen; a form of Maeve.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Mayve by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mayve.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Maeve
Like Mayve, each of these traces back to Maeve: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mayve. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maytebeloved; a respelling of Maite77 in the US (2017)
- Mavethe intoxicating one; a form of Medb3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayebeloved; a variant of Mae or May6 in the US (2017)
- Maymebeloved; a variant spelling of Mae or Mayme6 in the US (2017)
- Maivevariant spelling of maeve; intoxicating woman5 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a queen
Like Mayve, each of these has a queen in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Mayve
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