Mayven

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mayven by the numbers

Mayven was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Mayven

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mayven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Mavenexpert or connoisseur98 in the US (2017)
  • Maevenintoxicating; a form of Maeve11 in the US (2017)
  • Mayvegreat queen; a form of Maeve3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maysen71 in the US (2017)
  • Maylen31 in the US (2017)
  • Maycen10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mayven

Names that are said the same way as Mayven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Mavinunderstanding; one who understands9 in the US (2017)
  • Maiven8 in the US (2017)
  • Mahveen5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Mayven

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