Given name

Maive

Maive is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Maive isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Maive through the years

Babies since 1880
98
0 boys · 98 girls
Most popular year
2022
16 babies
2025
12
#8,665 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
02.557.5102025Highest share 20227.5
Maive in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2006–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,665 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Maive, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Maxinne

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mahdiya

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Maelly

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aizel

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Asel

15Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Myracle

“an act of God's hand”

28RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Marlani

17Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Maive’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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