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First name origin & meaning:

French: A small bird; song-thrush; joy

First name variations: Maeves, Maeve, Mauve, Meave, Maive, Mavis

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Altered spelling of German Mewes, a pet form of the personal name Bartholomäus (see Bartholomew).
  2. Bearers of this name are descended from Johannes Meivus, who landed in Philadephia in 1737.