Eva

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːvə

Proper noun

Eva

  1. A female given name..
    • 1951 Agatha Christie, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Bantam Books (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?

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

Asturian

Proper noun

Eva f

  1. A female given name.. Asturian equivalent of Eve.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɛva/

Proper noun

Eva f

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

Danish

Proper noun

Eva

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

References

  • 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.

Esperanto

Proper noun

Eva (accusative Evan)

  1. Eve (wife of Adam)

Estonian

Proper noun

Eva

  1. A female given name., cognate to English Eve.

Faroese

Proper noun

Eva f

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Eva
Accusative Evu
Dative Evu
Genitive Evu

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Eva f

  1. Eve (wife of Adam).
  2. A female given name.. Diminutive form: Evchen.

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛːva/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːva
  • Homophone: efa

Proper noun

Eva f

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

Declension

Derived terms

Italian

Proper noun

Eva ?

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

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔᾱ (Eúā), from Hebrew חַוָּה‎ (ḥawwā́).

Pronunciation

or

Proper noun

Ē̆va f (genitive Ē̆vae); first declension

  1. Eve

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Ē̆va
genitive Ē̆vae
dative Ē̆vae
accusative Ē̆vam
ablative Ē̆vā
vocative Ē̆va

References

  • 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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Eva f

  1. A female given name..

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Eva was the only given name of 2252 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Eva

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

Usage notes

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

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • 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

Proper noun

Eva f

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛva/

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Eva in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Proper noun

Eva f

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

Quotations

  • 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.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.

Usage notes

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

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • 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

Etymology

From Spanish, from Hebrew.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: E‧va

Proper noun

Eva

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