Given name
Meabh
“intoxicating, she who makes drunk”·“an intoxicating woman”
Meabh is a variant of Maeve. Interpretations include “intoxicating, she who makes drunk” and “an intoxicating woman” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Meabh is a variant of Maeve. Interpretations include “intoxicating, she who makes drunk” and “an intoxicating woman” (Irish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Meabh is a variant of Maeve. The history of Maeve gives this family its wider story. In the Táin Bó Cuailnge, or Cattle Raid of Cooley, Queen Meadhbh of Connacht leads a raid to capture the Brown Bull of Cooley. Maeve is an English spelling of her name; the story belongs to Irish epic tradition.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Meabh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 0 boys · 74 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,176 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,176 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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