Mab for a girl

[Jooni]

I know it probably won't go down well but I love short, sweet, strong names for girls and Mab is a recent discovery which is really growing on me. It's of Irish origin, pronounced just as it looks, apparently meaning "happiness". Thoughts please?

I also really love Meg but DH has vetoed because of Family Guy

Another one with the first thought "I see Queen Mab hath been with you!" (Spoken with a suggestive leer.)

It will drive her mad with people saying that the first time they meet her.

Queen Mab was also a poem by Shelley.

Mab means son in Welsh, so I wouldn't use it for a girl as to my ear it would sound odd!

I quite like the sound of the word, though. Could you name your daughter Mabel or Mabli (I wouldn't worry about knowing a few named this) then use it a as nn?

It's a really ugly name.

I love Mab! Isn't there a Celtic poem or collection of writing, the Mabiniog?

Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, the Mabinogion .

Or to play safe, what about Meg? Megan, margaret?

It's shorthand for monoclonal antibody. (Though I'm probably not being terribly helpful!)

She was known as the bringer of dreams. It is a GREAT name. I love it.

Sorry.

It sounds like you could not be arsed and gave up on a name before you reached the end

My great aunt Mabel was always known as May.

Seems weird to me because it's Welsh for "son".

I thought it was short for Maybelline Sorry, but I don't like it at all.

Thank you all.

Didn't know it was Welsh for "son". That is a bit odd I suppose but not a deal breaker for us as we're not Welsh. I do really like Mabli with Mab as a nickname but again, not Welsh and I'm not sure if that matters?

pickle I do love Meg but (see OP) DH won't have it.

Not to my taste as it seems far too insubstantial for a first name and I dislike the sound.

Where did you get the origin and meaning from? I'm pretty certain it's incorrect - I have never heard Mab in Ireland and there is none of the Irish language words for happiness would appear to come close to it.

As others have said, it may be a misprint of Maeve (rhymes with save or Dave) which can be spelt in a variety of ways including Madb. It means intoxicating.

A few sites I found via Google gave that meaning and origin Also that it could come from Latin Amabel "lovable".

I don't really like Maeve but the meaning is pretty cool.

I don't like it. It doesn't sound like a name. I also think it's quite harsh sounding, and not feminine at all.

Do you like Abby? It's similar-ish.

Oops, I missed the Meg reference in your OP. It's a great name though, sigh.
Peg?
Maggie?
Bess?

Mabli is getting quite popular around here (South Wales but predominantly non-Welsh speaking). It did remind me of Queen Mab and also the Mabinogion. I think I'd use it as a nickname.

It's Monoclonal antibody (Mab) in medicine...
Quite like Mabli though

I like short non girlie names / nicknames :

Mags/ Maggie
Sas / Saskia
Ez / Esme

Queen Man is a trouble maker - she brings dreams and nightmares

Mab obviously

I like it, there is an artist I love called Mab Graves.

Amabel is very pretty. Mab and Pixie are lovely nicknames but a terrible birth certificate choice.

I really like it but going back to Arthurian legends, Morgan is similar. Or Fay!