Mavie
Diminutive of Mavis or Maeve; or French, "my life"
You’ve heard of Maeve, but what about her fun cousin?
Mavie is as sweet and bright as popular names like Maisie and Novie, and comes with multiple origins. It can be a short form of Maeve, or Mavis, but on paper it also looks like ma vie (“my life” in French), so is also a winner for lovers of word and phrase names.
Once cute-but-obscure, Mavie shot into the spotlight in October 2023, when Brazilian soccer star Neymar and Bruna Biancardi used it for their daughter. It was one of the fastest-rising girl names in the US in 2024, and is a Top 20 name in Brazil.
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