Name Mab
Gender Feminine
Usage Literature
Pronounced Pron. MAB
Other Forms FormsMabb
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Meaning & History
Anglicized form of MEDB used by the English poets of the 15th century. Shakespeare describes Mab, queen of the fairies in his play 'Romeo and Juliet' (1596), and Percy Bysshe Shelley in his poem 'Queen Mab' (1813).