Talk:Mab/@comment-99.23.47.213-20161218184742/@comment-26940000-20170610042705

"Maeve" is a phonetic spelling of "Mab," a name from Shakespeare that may or may not have been an Elizabethan spelling of the Gaelic "Medb," now spelled "Meave."

How Butcher intends it to be pronounced may be a different story. At the very least there is probably a subtle alterating of the vowel sound, if the "ve" terminal sound is preserved. But I admit it is easier to read it as "Mab rhymes with Tab" but usually I hear it as Mav (like Maverick), and Meave as "Mayv" with an almost 'uh' after the "v"  ;-)