So recently I’ve really been loving the name [name_f]Maebh[/name_f]. If I were to ever use it, I would be worried about pronunciation. Would it be a problem in [name_u]America[/name_u]?
I imagine it would baffle a lot of people in the U.S. - I live in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] and outside of a couple of small pockets with Gaelic-speaking history, I doubt many people would know how to pronounce it by looking at it. [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] would be OK, I would imagine.
Also, I was of the understanding that [name_f]Meabh[/name_f] was the more traditional Irish spelling, so [name_f]Maebh[/name_f] might not look right to people familiar with the language, either.
Spell it [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] unless you’re living in a Gaelic speaking (or heavily Gaelic-influenced) environment, but I do think it’s a gorgeous name.
Very pretty, but most people probably would pronounce it wrong.
I agree with this, and I do believe the original spelling is the even more confusing [name_f]Meabh[/name_f]! [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] is a well recognized Anglicized spelling. It’s not all that often we get accepted and well rendered respellings of gaelic names so this is a pretty sweet deal. [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]!