Meabh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAYV
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #413 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Meabh is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “she who intoxicates”. In 2025 it ranked 413th for girls in the UK (113 babies).
What does Meabh mean?
Irish: Irish spelling of Maeve, from Medb
“she who intoxicates”
Irish spelling of Maeve, after Medb, the legendary warrior queen of Connacht.
Is Meabh a girl's or a boy's name?
Meabh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 113 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meabh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #413among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113about 1 in 2,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the UK were named Meabh, making it the 413th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 117 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meabh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,619 girls in the UK were given Meabh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #21, up from #413 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales, 474th in Scotland and 9th in Northern Ireland.
Meabh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #413 |
| 2024 | 117 | #407 |
| 2023 | 92 | #475 |
| 2022 | 88 | #500 |
| 2021 | 90 | #512 |
| 2020 | 57 | #707 |
| 2019 | 60 | #703 |
| 2018 | 67 | #661 |
| 2017 | 57 | #767 |
| 2016 | 43 | #930 |
| 2015 | 42 | #933 |
| 2014 | 42 | #951 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 27 | #965 |
| 2002 | 28 | #904 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 23 | #1,005 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
Names like Meabh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh Orla Aoife Eden Quinn Kiara Maya Clodagh Nevaeh Maeva Maryam Saoirse
Other spellings of Meabh
Names related to Meabh
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Meabh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meabh, updated 20 October 2026.