The name Maeve comes from the Irish name Medb, meaning "intoxicating." According to Irish legend, Medb was a warrior queen and goddess who ruled Connacht and fought alongside her husband Ailill. Maeve, the Anglicized form of Medb, debuted on the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for girl names in 1997. It has skyrocketed in recent years, jumping from 244th in 2019 to 173rd in 2020 and cracking the top-100 for the first time in 2023. It's also the name actor Chris O'Donnell gave his daughter Maeve Francis, born in 2007, and the middle name of "The Guild" creator Felicia Day's daughter Calliope Maeve.
