Gender: Mostly Girl
Meaning: She who intoxicates; the great queen
Origin: Irish Gaelic — from Meadhbh (intoxicating, the cause of great joy), the name of the legendary Queen of Connacht
Popularity: Ranked #1548 in 2024 with 138 babies born.
History: Maven surged in the 2020s as a Yiddish word meaning 'expert/connoisseur.' The name represents the Jewish influence on American English — maven is used in everyday American speech.
Similar names: maeven, mahveen, maiven, mayven, mave, marvens, mavelyn, macen
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Maven? About 1 in 19,020 babies born in 2024 were named Maven, or roughly 0.5 per day in the United States.
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