Ieva

See also: ieva and Ievā

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1743. From Latin Eva, ultimately from Hebrew. Also a plant name from ieva (“bird cherry”).

Proper noun

Ieva f (4th declension)

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

Declension

Declension of Ieva (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Ieva	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Ievu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Ievas	—
dative (datīvs)	Ievai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Ievu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Ievā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Ieva	—

Related terms

• Eva, Evelīna, Evija, Evita

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Ieva was the only given name of 9109 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Ievà f stress pattern 4

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

Declension

    Declension of Ievà

nominative	Ievà
genitive	Ievõs
dative	Iẽvai
accusative	Iẽvą
instrumental	Ievà
locative	Ievojè
vocative	Iẽva