A variant of the name Maiwe (Vána) in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/60), apparently a combination of the root ᴱ√MAẎA with ᴱQ. wen(di) “maiden”, so perhaps “✱Greatest Maiden”. It also appeared as Maiwen in the Gnomish Lexicon (GL/18).
Early Quenya
maiwe
feminine name. Maiwe
maiwendi
proper name. *Greatest Maiden
máwe
noun. gull, seamew
Another name for Vána in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, derived from the root ᴱ√MAẎA (QL/60). Its meaning is unclear, but may be similar to Maiwendi.