Eve
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English Eve, Eue, from Old English Eue, Æue, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Proper noun Edit
Eve
- (Abrahamic religions) The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:20:
- And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
- 1904, Mark Twain, Extracts from Adam's Diary:
- After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
- An unspecified primordial woman, from whom many or all people are descended.
- The Seven Daughters of Eve; mitochondrial Eve
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 113:
- "You were always a cynic," said Edith tolerantly. "I'm sure that Eve will want to have a baby - isn't that why we called her Eve?"
"Of course not," said Herbert, as if the baby-cult had long been irritating him. "We called her Eve, or Evelyn, after your grandmother, who was going to leave, and did leave us some money."
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States.
Related terms Edit
Translations Edit
the first woman
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given name
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See also Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
A pun on eavesdropper.
Proper noun Edit
Eve
- (cryptography) A conventional name for an agent attempting to intercept a message sent by Alice that is intended for Bob.
Etymology 3 Edit
Either a variant of Eaves or a matronymic from the given name.
Proper noun Edit
Eve
- An English surname.
Anagrams Edit
Estonian Edit
Etymology Edit
Variant of Eva and a short form of Evelin.
Proper noun Edit
Eve
- a female given name
French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Eve f
- Alternative form of Ève
Swedish Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Short form of Evert and Evald, also a masculine form of Eva. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1904.
Proper noun Edit
Eve c (genitive Eves)
- a male given name
Etymology 2 Edit
Variant of Eva and short form of Evelina.
Proper noun Edit
Eve c (genitive Eves)
- a female given name
Walloon Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Eve
- (biblical) Eve
- a female given name