Maeva is a girl's name of French origin meaning “welcome.” In 2024 it was given to 174 girls in the United States.
Maeva belongs to the French tradition. Its meaning — “welcome” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Maeva first appears in Social Security records in 1940. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1288 in 2023, and in 2024 174 babies received the name — 1,260 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Maeva means “welcome” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Maeva is a girl name. In 2024, 174 babies received the name in the US.
Maeva comes from the French tradition.
Maeva first appears in US records in 1940. Its best-ever ranking was #1288 in 2023, and 174 babies were given the name in 2024.
Maeva is pronounced /www.meilleursprenoms.com/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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