Eeva
See also: eeva
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Eeva
- Eve (wife of Adam)
- a female given name of biblical origin (more common in the form Eva)
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Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin Ē̆va, from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā́).
Proper noun edit
Eeva
- a female given name, equivalent to English Eve
- 1986, Vuokko Tolonen, Lastenhuone, Otava, →ISBN, page 109:
- ―Miks ton likan nimi on Eeva?
- Why's that girl called Eeva?
- Eve (wife of Adam)
- 1933, Bible, Genesis 3:20:
- Ja mies antoi vaimolleen nimen Eeva, sillä hänestä tuli kaiken elävän äiti.
- And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Usage notes edit
- One of the most popular female names in Finland since the Reformation.
Declension edit
Inflection of Eeva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Eeva | Eevat | ||
genitive | Eevan | Eevojen | ||
partitive | Eevaa | Eevoja | ||
illative | Eevaan | Eevoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Eeva | Eevat | ||
accusative | nom. | Eeva | Eevat | |
gen. | Eevan | |||
genitive | Eevan | Eevojen Eevainrare | ||
partitive | Eevaa | Eevoja | ||
inessive | Eevassa | Eevoissa | ||
elative | Eevasta | Eevoista | ||
illative | Eevaan | Eevoihin | ||
adessive | Eevalla | Eevoilla | ||
ablative | Eevalta | Eevoilta | ||
allative | Eevalle | Eevoille | ||
essive | Eevana | Eevoina | ||
translative | Eevaksi | Eevoiksi | ||
abessive | Eevatta | Eevoitta | ||
instructive | — | Eevoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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compounds
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Statistics edit
- Eeva is the 27th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 20,073 female individuals (and as a middle name to 6,038 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2 edit
From a Karelian vernacular form of the Eastern Orthodox name Ieva, from Russian Евфимий (Jevfimij).[1]
Proper noun edit
Eeva
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Eeva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Eeva | Eevat | ||
genitive | Eevan | Eevojen | ||
partitive | Eevaa | Eevoja | ||
illative | Eevaan | Eevoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Eeva | Eevat | ||
accusative | nom. | Eeva | Eevat | |
gen. | Eevan | |||
genitive | Eevan | Eevojen Eevainrare | ||
partitive | Eevaa | Eevoja | ||
inessive | Eevassa | Eevoissa | ||
elative | Eevasta | Eevoista | ||
illative | Eevaan | Eevoihin | ||
adessive | Eevalla | Eevoilla | ||
ablative | Eevalta | Eevoilta | ||
allative | Eevalle | Eevoille | ||
essive | Eevana | Eevoina | ||
translative | Eevaksi | Eevoiksi | ||
abessive | Eevatta | Eevoitta | ||
instructive | — | Eevoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics edit
- The surname Eeva belongs to 244 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.