Eva
English
Etymology
The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā). A Latinate variant of the English Eve.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːvə
Proper noun
Eva
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 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?
- 1951 Agatha Christie, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Bantam Books (1988), →ISBN, page 150:
- The anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Usage notes
- Eva has been used to anglicize Aoife in Ireland and Scotland.
Related terms
Anagrams
Asturian
Proper noun
Eva f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Eve.
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish Eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwah).
Proper noun
Eva
- a female given name from Hebrew
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Eva.
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eva f
- Eve (wife of Adam)
- a female given name.
Danish
Proper noun
Eva
- Eve (wife of Adam)
- 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.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eva f
- (biblical) Eve (mythological first woman)
- a female given name.
Derived terms
Esperanto
Proper noun
Eva (accusative Evan)
- Eve (wife of Adam)
Estonian
Proper noun
Eva
- a female given name, equivalent to English Eve.
Related terms
Faroese
Proper noun
Eva f
- 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 |
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eva f (genitive Eva, diminutive Evchen n or Evachen n or Evalein n)
- Eve (wife of Adam).
- a female given name
Icelandic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eva f
- Eve (biblical character).
- a female given name
Declension
Derived terms
Italian
Proper noun
Eva ?
- Eve (biblical character).
- a female given name.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā́).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈe.u̯a/, [ˈeu̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.va/, [ˈɛːvä]
or
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈeː.u̯a/, [ˈeːu̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.va/, [ˈɛːvä]
Proper noun
Ē̆va f sg (genitive Ē̆vae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1609. From Latin Eva.
Proper noun
Eva f
- a female given name.
Related terms
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [2] Population Register of Latvia: Eva was the only given name of 2252 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Proper noun
Eva
- Eve (biblical character).
- a female given name.
Usage notes
- Taken up as a given name in Norway after the Reformation.
Related terms
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [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.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Eva f
- (Abrahamic religions) Eve (the first woman)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Eve
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eva f
- a female given name.
- Eve (biblical character)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Eva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Ēva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eva f
- 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.
- 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 3:20:
- a female given name
Swedish
Etymology
Latin Eva, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1472.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eva c (genitive Evas)
- Eve (biblical character).
- 1917 Bibeln, 1 Moseboken 3:20:
- Och mannen gav sin hustru namnet Eva, ty hon blev en moder åt allt levande
- 1917 Bibeln, 1 Moseboken 3:20:
- 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.
- 2004 Majgull Axelsson, Den jag aldrig var, Prisma, →ISBN, page 258:
Usage notes
- The most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1940s and the 1950s.
Related terms
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [4] 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.
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: E‧va
Proper noun
Eva
- (biblical) Eve
- a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Eve.
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Rhymes:English/iːvə
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Hebrew
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- Asturian proper nouns
- Asturian feminine nouns
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- Asturian female given names
- Cebuano terms derived from Spanish
- Cebuano terms derived from Latin
- Cebuano terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Cebuano terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano terms spelled with V
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano female given names
- Cebuano female given names from Hebrew
- Cebuano female given names from Spanish
- Czech 2-syllable words
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- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
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- Czech given names
- Czech female given names
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- da:Biblical characters
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- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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- Dutch terms derived from Latin
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
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- nl:Bible
- Dutch given names
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- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto proper nouns
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- German 2-syllable words
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- Icelandic terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Icelandic terms derived from Hebrew
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːva
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
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- Italian lemmas
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- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
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- la:Biblical characters
- Latvian terms derived from Latin
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Norwegian lemmas
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- no:Biblical characters
- no:Individuals
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- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- pt:Biblical characters
- Slovak 2-syllable words
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak feminine nouns
- Slovak given names
- Slovak female given names
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish female given names
- es:Biblical characters
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- Swedish terms derived from Latin
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- sv:Biblical characters
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Tagalog lemmas
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- Tagalog terms spelled with V
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- Tagalog given names
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- Tagalog female given names from Spanish