Eva

The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwah). A Latinate variant of the English Eve.

• Rhymes: -iːvə

Eva

1. A female given name.
   • 1951 Agatha Christie, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Bantam Books (1988), →ISBN, page 150:

     "Eve," said Poirot thoughtfully. "The fashions in names change, do they not? Hardly ever, nowadays, do you hear of an Eva. But Eve, it is popular."

   • 2013 Maggie O'Farrell, Instructions for a Heatwave, Tinder Press, →ISBN, page 79:

     Mrs Saunders referred to Aoife throughout this talk as 'Eva' and when Gretta corrected her, Mrs Saunders replied that didn't Gretta think it would be better 'for everyone' to use what she termed 'the proper spelling' of the name? If only to give Eva a better chance of learning to write it?

2. The anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.

• Eva has been used to anglicize Aoife in Ireland and Scotland.

• Ava, Eve, Evie, Evita, Evy

• 'ave, AEV, Ave., EAV, Vea, ave, ave., vae

Eva f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Eve.

From Spanish Eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwah).

Eva

1. a female given name

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Eva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɛva/

Eva f

1. Eve (wife of Adam)
2. A female given name.

Eva

1. Eve (wife of Adam)
2. A female given name.

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 24 847 females with the given name Eva have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Eva (accusative Evan)

1. Eve (wife of Adam)

Eva

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Eve.

• Ave, Eeva, Eevi, Eve, Evelin, Ivi, Ivika

Eva f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

• son of Eva: Evuson
• daughter of Eva: Evudóttir

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Eva f

1. Eve (wife of Adam).
2. A female given name. Diminutive form: Evchen.

From Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwah).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːva/
• Rhymes: -ɛːva
• Homophone: efa

Eva f

1. Eve (biblical character).
2. A female given name

• Adam og Eva

Eva ?

1. Eve (biblical character).
2. A female given name.

• ave

• Hēva

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwā́).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.wa/, [ˈɛ.wa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.va/, [ˈeː.va]

or

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.wa/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.va/, [ˈeː.va]

Ē̆va f (genitive Ē̆vae); first declension

1. Eve

First declension.

• Eva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Eva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1609. From Latin Eva.

Eva f

1. A female given name.

• Ieva
• Evija, Evita

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Eva was the only given name of 2252 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Eva

1. Eve (biblical character).
2. A female given name.

• Taken up as a given name in Norway after the Reformation.

• Evelyn, Evy

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 20 018 females with the given name Eva living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Eva f

1. (Abrahamic religions) Eve (the first woman)
2. A female given name, equivalent to English Eve

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛva/

Eva f (genitive Evy, nominative plural Evy) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name.
2. Eve (biblical character)

• Evka, Evička
• Evina
• Evuľa, Evuľka
• Evuša, Evuška
• Evča

• Eva in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

From Latin Ēva, from Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeba/, [ˈeβa]

Eva f

1. Eve (biblical character).
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 3:20:

     Y llamó el hombre el nombre de su mujer, Eva; por cuanto ella era madre de todos los vivientes.

2. A female given name

Latin Eva, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1472.

• IPA^(key): /²eːva/

Eva c (genitive Evas)

1. Eve (biblical character).
   • 1917 Bibeln, 1 Moseboken 3:20:

     Och mannen gav sin hustru namnet Eva, ty hon blev en moder åt allt levande

2. A female given name.
   • 2004 Majgull Axelsson, Den jag aldrig var, Prisma, →ISBN, page 258:

     Eva Andersson. Namnet stämde, det var lika anonymt som den färglösa kvinnan på andra sidan skrivbordet, hon som bläddrade i min journal med trubbiga fingrar och sedan såg på mig med rynkad panna.

• The most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s.

• Evelina
• Evy

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 191 834 females with the given name Eva living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

From Spanish, from Hebrew.

• Hyphenation: E‧va

Eva

1. (biblical) Eve
2. A female given name, equivalent to English Eve.