Maeva

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Maèva in CD Congo - Kinshasa.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Maeva is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian surname302 records spelled Maeva32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Bulgarian

  Also written Маева, Маэва, Maëva, Маёва, Mãęvà

• Indonesian given name243 records spelled Maeva5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Cameroon, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Maéva, Mäëvä

• Swahili given name209 records spelled Maeva6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa, Belgium

  Also written Maèva, Maéva, Maëva

• a separate given name169 records spelled Maeva4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India

  Also written Maéva, Maëva, Maèva

• Norwegian Bokmål given name160 records spelled Maeva9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Denmark

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian, Danish

  Also written Maéva, Maëva, Mäëvä

• Finnish given name147 records spelled Maeva4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Spain, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Maëva

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name137 records spelled Maeva2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Maëva

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

CA Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) — 34 years between 1991–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maeva Marcusb. 1941USAmerican historian
• Maeva Exelb. 1972FRFrench pornographic actress
• Maeva Mélineb. 1980FRFrench actor and musician
• Maeva Orliacb. 1980FRresearcher
• Maeva Polib. 1982FRFrench screenwriter
• Maeva Ranaivojaonab. 1983FRfilm director
• Maeva Sarrasinb. 1987CHSwiss footballer
• La Briochéeb. 1991FRnot in their usual nameFrench drag queen
• Maeva Danoisb. 1993FRFrench female steeplechase runner
• Maeva Gallarda Rossellb. 1998FRSpanish figure skater

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 418 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maeva?

We estimate roughly 50 thousand people bear Maeva (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Maeva have the most bearers?

We estimate about 49 thousand people bear Maeva in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled maeva.

How common is Maeva compared with other names?

In France, Maeva is the 296th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Maeva a male or female name?

Maeva is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Maeva mean?

Recorded meaning: Origine polynésienne, signifie « bienvenue ».