Eve

• enPR: ēv, IPA^(key): /iːv/

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• Rhymes: -iːv
• Homophones: eve, eave

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

Eve

1. (Abrahamic religions) The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 3:20:

     And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

   • 1904, Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary:

     After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.

2. An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all people are descended.

   The Seven Daughters of Eve; mitochondrial Eve

3. A female given name.
   • 1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 113:

     "You were always a cynic," said Edith tolerantly. "I'm sure that Eve will want to have a baby - isn't that why we called her Eve?"

     "Of course not," said Herbert, as if the baby-cult had long been irritating him. "We called her Eve, or Evelyn, after your grandmother, who was going to leave, and did leave us some money."

• Ava, Eva, Evie, Evita, Evy

• Chaim, Haim
• Evelyn
• Evette
• Lilith
• Zoë

A pun on eavesdropper.

Eve

1. (cryptography) A conventional name for an agent attempting to intercept a message sent by Alice that is intended for Bob.

• EeV, Vee, vee

Variant of Eva and a short form of Evelin.

Eve

1. A female given name.

Short form of Evert and Evald, also a masculine form of Eva. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1904.

Eve c (genitive Eves)

1. A male given name.

Variant of Eva and short form of Evelina.

Eve c (genitive Eves)

1. A female given name.