Gender Feminine
Usage Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Meaning & History
Anglicized form of the Irish name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband Ailill fought against the Ulster king Conchobar and the hero Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
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Queen Maeve by Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1911)Categories
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