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Help[Opinions] Re: Maeve and Maevie
in reply to a message by guasguendi
My daughter’s name is Maeve (Maeve Audrey Marion) so I’m obviously biased on how much I love it. It’s soft and yet spunky. Maeve means intoxicating but when you read about the connection to mead and how that was tied to a symbol of ruling power it becomes even more interesting. It’s a name with layers.
My DH and I do not plan on having a nickname for her but my parents have taken to calling her Maevie. She’s only one and a half but she calls herself May or May May. I think Maevie is cute but it’s hard to imagine on an adult. Warning if you ever use Maeve that, if you live around those who are not familiar with Irish names, she will often be mistaken as May or Mavis.
Maeve has no siblings but I think about names for one all the time. From your list I like/love:
Maeve Arabella
Maeve Beatrix
Maeve Imogen
Maeve Iris
Maeve Olivia
Maeve Sophia
I think a name with more than one syllable is great with Maeve. DH’s family use two middle names so we kept that tradition. I was pushing hard for Maeve Euphemia but it was no dice from DH, haha.
From your sibling names I like the following the best:
Maeve, Aiden, Isla
Maeve, Felix, Elsie
Maeve, Ellis, Phoebe
Maeve, Hugo, Darcy
That’s pretty much every combo! I think since Maeve is so Irish you either have to continue the thread or temper with names that balance out the sound/single syllable without being matchy.
Sibling names I love for Maeve are Basil, Hugo, Oscar, Petra, Ursa, and Nora.
My DH and I do not plan on having a nickname for her but my parents have taken to calling her Maevie. She’s only one and a half but she calls herself May or May May. I think Maevie is cute but it’s hard to imagine on an adult. Warning if you ever use Maeve that, if you live around those who are not familiar with Irish names, she will often be mistaken as May or Mavis.
Maeve has no siblings but I think about names for one all the time. From your list I like/love:
Maeve Arabella
Maeve Beatrix
Maeve Imogen
Maeve Iris
Maeve Olivia
Maeve Sophia
I think a name with more than one syllable is great with Maeve. DH’s family use two middle names so we kept that tradition. I was pushing hard for Maeve Euphemia but it was no dice from DH, haha.
From your sibling names I like the following the best:
Maeve, Aiden, Isla
Maeve, Felix, Elsie
Maeve, Ellis, Phoebe
Maeve, Hugo, Darcy
That’s pretty much every combo! I think since Maeve is so Irish you either have to continue the thread or temper with names that balance out the sound/single syllable without being matchy.
Sibling names I love for Maeve are Basil, Hugo, Oscar, Petra, Ursa, and Nora.
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