Eva is a female given name, the Latinate counterpart of English Eve, derived from Hebrew name meaning "life" or "living one." It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages. Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Eve is an English given name for a female, derived from Eva, in turn originating with Hebrew חַוָּה (Chavah/Havah - chavah to breathe and chayah to live). ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ...

Popularity

During the 1990 U.S. Census, approximately 0.159 percent of females counted had the first name Eva. The popularity of the name Eva has been consistently in the top 300s, according to the Social Security Administration website. Popularity peaked in 1889 when the name hit No. 31. It began to dip, gradually falling into top 300s, until the turn of the 21st century, when the frequency of the name Eva began to rise. In 2005 it sits at No. 129. MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

In England and Wales, Eva was reasonably popular around 1900, but it has been little used since, Eve and Evie being the preferred forms today. The name is traditionally more popular in Ireland and Scotland, as an anglicization of Gaelic Aoife "shining, radiant". Evie may refer to: Evie, parish on The Mainland, Orkney, Scotland Evie Christie, Canadian poet Evie Hone, Irish painter and stained glass artist Evie Peck, actress and producer who has guest starred in several popular television shows such as Friends and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Evie Tornquist-Karlsson, contemporary Christian...

In continental Europe (particularly in Northern Europe after the Reformation) it is currently popular in Slovak, Czech, Norwegian, Swedish, Italian, Danish, Romanian, Hungarian, Spanish, German, Dutch, according to Google Trends. The Arabic equivalent of Eva is "Hawwa", used in the Adam and Eve creation story and meaning "life." Michelangelos Creation of Adam, from the Sistine Chapel. ...

Famous Evas

In television and film:

• Eva Amurri (1985 - ), US actress
• Eva LaRue Callahan (1966 - ), US actress
• Eva Gabor (1919 - 1995), Hungarian-born actress
• Eva Green (1980 - ), French actress
• Eva Longoria (1975 - ), US actress
• Eva Mendes (1974 - ), US actress
• Eva Moore (1870 - 1955), British actress
• Eva Marie Saint (1924 - ), US actress

In politics: Eva Maria Livia Amurri (born March 15, 1985) is an American actress. ... Eva LaRue Callahan, in a still from All My Children. ... Eva Gabor (in Hungarian Gábor Éva) (February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian actress. ... Eva Gaëlle Green [e-VA GREN] (born July 5, 1980) is a BAFTA award-winning French actress // Eva Green was born in Paris, France to a French mother and a Swedish father, and was raised in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. ... Eva Jacqueline Longoria (born March 15, 1975) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and television actress. ... Eva Mendes (born March 5, 1974[1]) is an American actress. ... Eva Moore (February 9, 1870 - April 27, 1955) was an English actress. ... Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...

• Eva Bowring (1892 – 1985), US politician
• Eva Braun (1912 - 1945), wife of Adolf Hitler
• Eva M. Clayton (1934 - ), US politician
• Eva Köhler (1947 - ), wife of the German President Horst Köhler
• Eva Perón ("Evita", 1919–1952), wife of Argentinian President Juan Perón

In music: Eva Kelly Bowring (January 9, 1892–January 8, 1985) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Categories: Stub | 1934 births ... Eva Luise Köhler (born 2 January 1947 in Ludwigsburg as Eva Luise Bohnet) is the wife of the German President Horst Köhler. ... María Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. ...

• Eva Amaral (1973- ), Spanish singer
• Eva Avila (1987- ), 2006 Canadian Idol winner
• Eva Cassidy (1963 – 1996), US singer
• Eva Tanguay (1879 - 1947), Canadian-born vaudeville entertainer
• Little Eva (1943 - 2003), US singer

In modeling: Amaral is a music group from Zaragoza, Spain. ... Eva Avila (born Eva Gougeon-Ávila, in Ottawa, Ontario, February 25, 1987) is a Canadian singer from Gatineau, Quebec and the winner of the 2006 season of Canadian Idol, the fourth year or installment of the show. ... Eva Cassidy Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 in Washington, DC – November 2, 1996 in Bowie, Maryland) was an American vocalist described by the British newspaper The Guardian as one of the greatest voices of her generation. ... Eva Tanguay (born August 1, 1879 in Marbleton, Québec, Canada – died January 11, 1947 in Hollywood, California, United States) was a singer and entertainer known as the girl who made vaudeville famous. ... Little Eva (June 29, 1943 – April 10, 2003) was an American singer. ...

• Eva Herzigová (born 1973), Czech supermodel
• Eva Pigford (1984 - ), US model
• Eva Angelina (1985 - ), US pornstar
• Eva Zicler (1989 - ), French pornstar

In literature: Eva Herzigová (born March 10, 1973) is a Czech supermodel and actress. ... Eva Marcelle Pigford (born October 30, 1984 in Los Angeles, California) is an African-American fashion model and actress. ... Eva Angelina also known as Angelina Del Mar (born on 14 March 1985 in Orange County, California) is an American pornographic actress and adult model. ...

• Eva Gore-Booth (1870 - 1926), Irish poet and dramatist, and a committed suffragist, social worker and labour activist
• Little Eva, fictional character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin; actually short for Evangeline

In other fields: Eva Selina Laura Gore-Booth (22 May 1870 - 20 June 1926) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and a committed suffragist, social worker and labour activist. ... Uncle Toms Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. ...

• Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912 – 1954), German astronomer
• Eva Burrows (1929 – ), the 13th General of The Salvation Army
• Eva Hesse (1936 - 1970), artist
• Eva Kant, fictional character from Diabolik comics and movie.
• Eva Wei, the fictional main character in the animated series Oban Star Racers.
• Eva Morris (1885 - 2000), native of England, known for a time as the oldest recognized person in the world
• Eva Pawlik (1927 - 1983), Austrian figure skater
• Eva Schloss (1929 - ), Holocaust survivor and posthumous step-sister of Anne Frank
• Eva Silverstein (1976 - ), a dancer and choreographer, director of The Silver-Brown Dance Company
• Eva Sirkowski, a fictional character from the Miss Dynamite manga series

Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (August 11, 1912 – March 9, 1954) was a German astronomer. ... Eva Evelyn Burrows (born 15 September 1929), 13th General of the Salvation Army. ... Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 - May 29, 1970), was a German-born American sculptor, known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. ... Diabolik and Eva Kant portrayed by Sergio Zaniboni. ... Diabolik portrayed on a newspaper announcing his radio adaptation. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... ÅŒban Star-Racers is a French/Japanese animated television series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel of Sav! The World Productions. ... Eva (Sharpe) Morris (November 8, 1885 - November 2, 2000) was the oldest recognized person in the world from December, 1999 until November, 2000. ... Eva Pawlik was a highly rated Austrian female amateur skater in the 1940s. ... ...   (June 12, 1929 – beginning of March, 1945) was a European Jewish girl (born in Germany, stateless since 1941, but she claimed to be Dutch as she grew up in the Netherlands) who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during the German occupation... Eva Silverstein is a string theorist. ... The two main characters, Blackie Chin (left) and Eva Sirkowski (right) Miss. ... The two main characters, Blackie Chin (left) and Eva Sirkowski (right) Miss. ...

References

• The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World (1984) by Bruce Lansky
• Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names