Maeve -- too trendy Irish?

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Maeve -- too trendy Irish?
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Sun, 01-20-2008 - 8:25pm

We are having a little girl in a few months and are considering the name Maeve.

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Sun, 01-20-2008 - 8:41pm
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Sun, 01-20-2008 - 9:15pm

I love Maeve, too.

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Sun, 01-20-2008 - 9:17pm
I dig it, too! I'm half irish, so Maeve would have been beautiful with my maiden name, but not with my very italian married name. I say GO FOR IT!
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Sun, 01-20-2008 - 10:01pm

I think Maeve is just lovely. Please use it if it draws you; put family opinions aside. They'll get used to it. If the baby I'm pregnant with now is a girl, we are going to name it something that will seem ... odd ... to family and I'm sure they'll make comments behind my back (the name is Dagny); this is why we don't tell our names ahead of time. But it's a name that we've liked for quite some time now; it just doesn't go away. We find it funky and fun. SO! Please use Maeve -- it's very beautiful.


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Sun, 01-20-2008 - 10:12pm
Maeve is lovely!
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Sun, 01-20-2008 - 11:17pm

I love Maeve!

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Mon, 01-21-2008 - 12:17am
I think it's gorgeous. While a lot of Irish names are becoming trendy, somehow this one seems to be overlooked. We have a simple, plain last name, too and it gives you a lot of space for different names.

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Mon, 01-21-2008 - 12:45am

I agree with PP - using Irish names is a trend right now but I don't think of Maeve as trendy in the least.

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Mon, 01-21-2008 - 3:09am
the best thing you can do with a plain last name is give the first name some character. the child will be able to know where they come from so its awesome. now if i could just find an irish boys name. laughs.