First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1940. From Eva.
Evija f
- a female given name
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Evija was the only given name of 3466 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.