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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMaeve as a given name.
I thought I'd been hearing the name "Maeve" more often in the last 10 years or so.
Checked with Wolfram Alpha, and, sure enough, it's become much more popular recently:
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Maeve+given+name
no_hypocrisy
(46,078 posts)Not Heidi
(1,288 posts)I was thinking the same thing.
Ryan's Hope was the last soap I watched. I'd ditch school early most days to catch the whole episode.
I fell in love with Kate Mulgrew. Still am. Love her in OITNB.
OnDoutside
(19,952 posts)I feel sorry for them having to continually correct people throughout their life.
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)When I tell people my first name, most people either mispronounce it or totally miss that it's Irish, and the mispronunciation is more a regional thing. It's funny to me when people ask me "Oh you have an Irish name...it doesn't sound Irish!" And I have to say "Um, yeah I'm named after an Irish King...he was kind of a big deal back in the time before England was a thing"
OnDoutside
(19,952 posts)explain it's pronounced like kweeva !
Others such as
Sadhbh
Aoibheann
Cliodhna
Oilbhne
Aithche
Caoilfhionn
Luighseach