Meave \me(a)-ve\ as a girl's name is a variant of Mab (Irish, Gaelic, Welsh), and the meaning of Meave is "joy, hilarity; baby".

The baby name Meave sounds like Mave, Maeve and Mauve. Other similar baby names are Meade, Keavy, Medie, Melva, Melvie, Mame, Mare, Mette, Marve, Maye, Mae, Mead, Meara, Mea and Neve.