Pronunciation of MAEVE

Girl Names
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[name]How[/name] do you pronounce this name? I thought it was M -long a- ve but I heard someone else pronounce it as Meeve.

I actually love the pronunciation as Meeve.

Thanks,
[name]Marlo[/name]

2

I would pronounce it as [name]MAYve[/name] with the long a also.

3

Here you go: Méabh pronunciation: How to pronounce Méabh in Irish

4

I’ve also always pronounced it [name]MAYve[/name], but it took me a while to settle on that, so I wouldn’t be surprised if I wasn’t totally correct.

5

I, too, say [name]Mayve[/name].

6

Ok this is the website I heard the alternative pronunciation:

www.pronouncehow.com/english/maeve_pronunciation

7

MAYV, all one syllable.

8

Agreed.

Also, I saw it spelled this way once. Shudder

9

MAYV like it Rhymes with Grave, [name]Dave[/name], Save ect. I think [name]Maeve[/name] is an awesome name.

10

I’ve only ever heard it [name]MAVE[/name] as well. It’s not really my cup of tea regardless, but I like it even less pronounced like [name]Reeve[/name] with an “M”.

11

As everyone has basically said, the pronunciation is [name]Mayve[/name].
[name]Just[/name] to say, if you like the idea of “Meeve”, you could maybe consider another Irish name, [name]Niamh[/name], pronounced “Neeve”.

12

My daughter is [name]Maeve[/name]. Pronounced [name]Mayve[/name]. If you like Meeve, spell is that way because the a is there for a reason, think of the name [name]Mae[/name]. I like the suggestion of [name]Niamh[/name] for you, that is a beautiful name closer to the sound you want but is a real name.

13

Not a huge fan of pronouncing it Meeve… I read it as [name]MAYve[/name] with a long A.

14

[name]Niamh[/name] is lovely, and would definitely be a better option than pronouncing [name]Maeve[/name] like Meeve.

15

I visited [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] over the summer. We stopped at a lovely working farm for a tour with tea and scones, and the proprietor’s wife was named [name_f]Maeve[/name_f].

It sounded similar to how you would pronounce the contraction of “may have”, as in “may’ve”. [name_f]MAY[/name_f]-ehv, but the second syllable is extremely short, barely even breathed. If it were a musical notation, the “ehv” would be a grace note.

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I also say Mayv.