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Eva

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

English

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Etymology

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

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Eva

  1. A female given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew.
    • 1951, Agatha Christie, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Bantam Books, published 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?

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

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch Eva.

Proper noun

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Eva

  1. Eve (biblical character)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Eve

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeba/, [ˈe.β̞a]

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Eva f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Eve

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish Eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwah).

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Eva

  1. a female given name from Hebrew

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Eva.

Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɛva]
  • Hyphenation: Eva

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Eva f

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

Declension

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Declension of Eva (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative Eva Evy
genitive Evy Ev
dative Evě Evám
accusative Evu Evy
vocative Evo Evy
locative Evě Evách
instrumental Evou Evami

Danish

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Proper noun

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Eva

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

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  • [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

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch eva, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.vaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Eva

Proper noun

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Eva f

  1. (biblical) Eve (mythological first woman)
  2. a female given name

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Esperanto

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Proper noun

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Eva (accusative Evan)

  1. Eve (wife of Adam)

Estonian

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Proper noun

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Eva

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Eve
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Faroese

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Eva f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

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

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Eva
Accusative Evu
Dative Evu
Genitive Evu

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeːfa/, (archaic, now usually foreign-influenced) /ˈeːva/
  • Audio:(file)

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Eva f (proper noun, genitive Evas or (with an article) Eva, diminutive Evchen n or Evachen n or Evlein n or Evalein n)

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

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

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Eva f

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

Declension

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declension of Eva
f-w1 singular
indefinite
nominative Eva
accusative Evu
dative Evu
genitive Evu

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Italian

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Eva f

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

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā́). Cognate to have, avē.

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Ē̆va f sg (genitive Ē̆vae); first declension

  1. Eve

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ē̆va
Genitive Ē̆vae
Dative Ē̆vae
Accusative Ē̆vam
Ablative Ē̆vā
Vocative Ē̆va

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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

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Eva f

  1. a female given name
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References

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  • 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

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Proper noun

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Eva

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

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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese Eva, from Latin Eva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

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  • Rhymes: -ɛvɐ
  • Hyphenation: E‧va

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Eva f

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

Slovak

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

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

Declension

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

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Further reading

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  • “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

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin Ēva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeba/ [ˈe.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eba
  • Syllabification: E‧va

Proper noun

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Eva f

  1. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Eve

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

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Eva c (genitive Evas)

  1. Eve (biblical character).
  2. 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish, from Hebrew.

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Eva (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊ)

  1. Alternative spelling of Eba
  2. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Eve
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