Entry № 6669 · Other origin

Medb Medb — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mayv /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Intoxicating one (Old Irish + Queen Medb of Connacht Táin Bó Cúailnge)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Old Irish)

A name that means "intoxicating one (old irish + queen medb of connacht táin bó cúailnge)".

Medb is from the Old Irish Medb — intoxicating one, she who intoxicates, mead-bearer. Medb is one of the Old Irish feminine names — central to traditional Irish mythological heritage.

Intoxicating one (Old Irish).

The name in its native script.

Medb
Transliteration
Medb
Pronunciation
/ meɪv /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Medb stands.

Medb does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Medbs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Queen Medb of Connacht
Central character in Táin Bó Cúailnge + Ulster Cycle + antagonist of Cú Chulainn.
Ulster Cycle Irish mythology

Names connected to Medb.

The number behind Medb.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Medb reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.