Eva

See also: eva, EVA, Éva, evä, -eva, eva', and ẽvã

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːvə

Proper noun

Eva

1. A female given name.
   • 1951 Agatha Christie, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Bantam Books (1988), ISBN 0553350595, 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 9780755358786, 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?

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• Ava, Eve, Evie, Evita

Anagrams

• 'ave, AEV, Ave., EAV, ave, ave.

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Asturian

Proper noun

Eva f

1. A female given name. Asturian equivalent of Eve.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɛva/

Proper noun

Eva f

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

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Danish

Proper noun

Eva

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

References

• [1] 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.

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Esperanto

Proper noun

Eva (accusative Evan)

1. Eve (wife of Adam)

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Estonian

Proper noun

Eva

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

Related terms

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

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Faroese

Proper noun

Eva f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Eva
Accusative	Evu
Dative	Evu
Genitive	Evu

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Eva f

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Eva f

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

Declension

declension of Eva

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Eva	Evan	Evur	Evurnar
accusative	Evu	Evuna	Evur	Evurnar
dative	Evu	Evunni	Evum	Evunum
genitive	Evu	Evunnar	Eva	Evanna

Derived terms

• Adam og Eva

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Italian

Proper noun

Eva ?

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

Anagrams

• ave

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Hēva

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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]

Proper noun

Ē̆va f (genitive Ē̆vae); first declension

1. Eve

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Ē̆va
genitive	Ē̆vae
dative	Ē̆vae
accusative	Ē̆vam
ablative	Ē̆vā
vocative	Ē̆va

References

• Eva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Eva” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Latvian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Eva f

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Ieva
• Evija, Evita

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• [2] Population Register of Latvia: Eva was the only given name of 2252 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Eva

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

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• Evelyn, Evy

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [3] 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.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Eva f

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

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛva/

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Eva

	singular	plural
nominative	Eva	Evy
genitive	Evy	Ev
dative	Eve	Evám
accusative	Evu	Evy
locative	Eve	Evách
instrumental	Evou	Evami

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• Eva in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Spanish

Proper noun

Eva f

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

Quotations

• 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.

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Eva

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 9151843161, 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.

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• Evelina
• Evy

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.