Maeve as a given name.

[sl8]

I thought I'd been hearing the name "Maeve" more often in the last 10 years or so.

Checked with Wolfram Alpha, and, sure enough, it's become much more popular recently:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Maeve+given+name

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I've liked that name since Ryan's Hope.

[Not Heidi]

3. Get outtta my brain!

I was thinking the same thing.

Ryan's Hope was the last soap I watched. I'd ditch school early most days to catch the whole episode.

I fell in love with Kate Mulgrew. Still am. Love her in OITNB.

[OnDoutside]

2. There's been a penchant for giving Irish babies Gaelic names, and

I feel sorry for them having to continually correct people throughout their life.

[Docreed2003]

4. Lol, this Irish American finds it funny and sad as well

When I tell people my first name, most people either mispronounce it or totally miss that it's Irish, and the mispronunciation is more a regional thing. It's funny to me when people ask me "Oh you have an Irish name...it doesn't sound Irish!" And I have to say "Um, yeah I'm named after an Irish King...he was kind of a big deal back in the time before England was a thing"

[OnDoutside]

6. While the idea is nice, a friend of mine, Caoimhe, has to continually

explain it's pronounced like kweeva !

Others such as

Sadhbh
Aoibheann
Cliodhna
Oilbhne
Aithche
Caoilfhionn
Luighseach

[Earth-shine]

5. Queen Maeve aka. Brave Maeve, is a character on the popular series "The Boys" on Prime Video.

https://the-boys.fandom.com/wiki/Queen_Maeve