Eva is a female

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, the

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counterpart of English

Eve Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and there ...

, which is derived from the

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חַוָּה (Chava/Hava), meaning "life" or "living one", the name of the first woman according to the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Evita is a

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form, in Spanish.

People

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Eva Aariak Eva Qamaniq Aariak (, ; born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian Inuit, Inuk politician, who was elected in the 2008 Nunavut general election, 2008 territorial election to represent the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Iqaluit Ea ...

(born 1955), Canadian politician *

Eva Adamová Eva Adamová (born ) is a retired Czech volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. I ...

(born 1960), Czech volleyball player * Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (born 1988), Icelandic writer * Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912–1954), German astronomer * Eva Ahuja (born 1980), Indian actress * Eva Alexander (born 1976), British actress and television presenter * Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938), American dramatics teacher * Eva Alordiah (born 1988), Nigerian rapper, entertainer, make-up artist, & fashion designer * Eva Amador Guillén (born 1957), Spanish politician * Eva Amaral (born 1973), Spanish singer * Eva Amurri (born 1985), American actress * Eva Andén (1886–1970), Swedish lawyer * Eva Andersson-Dubin (born 1961), Swedish physician, former model and beauty pageant titleholder * Eva Angelina (born 1985), American adult film actress * Eva Aronson (1908–1999), Sweden-born American chess player * Eva Arvidsson (born 1948), Swedish politician * Eva Asderaki (born 1982), Greek tennis chair umpire * Eva Avila (born 1987), 2006 Canadian Idol winner * Eva von Bahr (physicist) (1874–1962), Swedish scientist * Eva von Bahr (make-up artist) (born 1968), Swedish make-up artist and hair stylist * Eva Beem (1932–1944), Dutch Jewish child; gassed to death in

Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) d ...

Eva Bella Eva Bella is an American actress, known as the voice of young Elsa (Frozen), Elsa in the Disney film ''Frozen (2013 film), Frozen''. Early life Eva Bella was born around 2004 in Omaha, Nebraska. She has been acting since the age of seven, her fir ...

(born 2002), American voice actress * Eva Best (1851–1925), American story writer, poet, music composer, dramatist * Eva Birthistle (born 1974), Irish actress and writer * Eva Blanco (1981–1997), Spanish murder victim * Eva Borušovičová (1970–2025), Slovak director, screenwriter and writter * Eva Boto (born 1995), Slovenian singer * Eva Narcissus Boyd (1943–2003), American singer * Eva Bowring (1892–1985), U.S. politician and United States Senator * Eva Braun (1912–1945), lover, and later wife, of Adolf Hitler * Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917), American social reformer * Eva Burrows (1929–2015), 13th General of The Salvation Army * Eva Cadena, Mexican politician from Veracruz * Eva Callimachi-Catargi (1855–1913), French heiress and subject of two paintings by Henri Fantin-Latour * Eva Carneiro, Gibraltar-born British sports medicine specialist and former first-team doctor at Chelsea F.C. *

Eva Cassidy Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American singer and musician known for her interpretations of jazz, Folk music, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992, she released her f ...

(1963–1996), American singer * Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli (born 1959), Austrian fashion designer and beauty pageant titleholder *

Eva Celbová Eva Celbová-Ryšavá (born 8 March 1975 in Náchod) is a female beach volleyball player from the Czech Republic, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004. Partnering Sona Novaková she claimed the gold med ...

(born 1975), Czech beach volleyball player * Eva Christodoulou (born 1983), Greek gymnast * Eva Clare (1885–1961), Canadian musician and educator * Eva Clarke (born 1945), British-Czech Holocaust survivor * Eva Clayton (born 1934), U.S. politician and United States Congresswoman * Eva Colorni (1941–1985), Italian economist * Eva Crocker, Canadian writer * Eva Cruz (born 1974), Puerto Rican volleyball player * Eva Czemerys (1940–1996), German-born film actress * Eva Dahlgren (born 1960), Swedish pop musician * Eva Dickson (1905–1938), Swedish explorer * Eva Dimas (born 1973), Salvadoran weightlifter * Eva Craig Graves Doughty (1852–?), American journalist * Eva de Braose (fl. 1238–1255), co-heiress of William de Braose * Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author * Eva Ekeblad (1724–1786), Swedish botanist * Eva Eugenio (born 1946), Filipina singer * Eva Fabian (born 1993), American-Israeli world champion swimmer * Eva Fontaine (born 1974), British actress * Eva Frankfurther (1930–1959),German-born British artist

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Eva Gabor Eva Gabor ( ; February 11, 1919 – July 4, 1995) was a Hungarian-American actress and socialite. Gabor voiced Duchess and Miss Bianca in the Disney animations ''The Aristocats'' (1970), ''The Rescuers'' (1977), and ''The Rescuers Down Under'' ...

(1919–1995), Hungarian-born American actress * Eva Gordon-Simpson (1901–1980), British racing driver * Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1926), Irish poet, dramatist, suffragist, social worker and labour activist * Eva Gothlin (1957–2006), Swedish historian * Eva Gouel (1885–1915), French choreographer and girlfriend of Pablo Picasso during the early 1910s * Eva Grant (1925–2024), Greek and British glamour photographer * Eva Gray (actress) (born 1971), British actress * Eva Gray (cricketer) (born 2000), English cricketer *

Eva Gredal Eva Wilhelmson Gredal (19 February 1927 – 2 August 1995) was a Danish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for Denmark from 1979 to 1989. On a national level, she served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1971 to 1973 an ...

(1927–1995), Danish politician *

Eva Green Eva Gaëlle Green (; ; born ) is a French British-based actress, known for appearing in blockbuster and independent films, in which she often portrays eccentric, villainous, and complex characters. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she ...

(born 1980), French actress * Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), American journalist, activist, novelist, editor, publisher * Eva-Lena Gustavsson (born 1956), Swedish politician * Eva Hauserová (1954–2023), Czech journalist and writer * Éva Hegedüs (born 1957), Hungarian Chairman-CEO and majority shareholder of Gránit Bank *

Eva Herman Eva Bischoff ( Feldker; 9 November 1958), known as Eva Herman, is a German author and former television presenter. She worked as a news presenter on the nationwide ''Tagesschau (Germany), Tagesschau'' news programme from 1989 to 2006 and also p ...

(born 1958), German television presenter and author * Eva Herzigová (born 1973), Czech supermodel *

Eva Hesse 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. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 196 ...

(1936–1970), German-born American artist *

Eva Horváthová Eva Horváthová (née Eva Mitterpachová, born 29 December 1974) is a Slovak physician and politician. She has served as a Member of the National Council for the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities Slovakia (), known as Ordinary Pe ...

(born 1974), Slovak physician and politician * Eva Houston (born 2001), American Paralympic athlete * Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010), Austrian-born British novelist of children's books * Eva of Isenburg (died 1531), Dutch Princess-Abbess of Thorn Abbey * Eva Jinek (born 1978), American-born Dutch journalist and television presenter * Eva Kaili (born 1978), Greek politician * Eva-Lotta Kiibus (born 2003), Estonian figure skater * Eva Köhler (born 1947), wife of the German President Horst Köhler * Eva Kotamanidou (1936–2020), Greek actress * Eva Kristínová (1928–2020), Slovak actress *

Eva LaRue Eva Maria LaRue (; born December 27, 1966) is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Maria Santos (All My Children), Maria Santos on ''All My Children'' and Det. Natalia Boa Vista on ''CSI: Miami''. Early life LaRue was b ...

(born 1966), American actress * Eva Lettenbauer (born 1992), German politician * Eva Longoria (born 1975), American actress

M–P

* Eva Anne Madden (1863–1958), American educator, journalist, playwright, author * Eva Magni (1909–2005), Italian stage and film actress * Eva Maler (born 1988), German playwright * Eva Marie (born 1984),American actress, fashion designer, model, and professional wrestler * Eva Marshal (1203–1246), Anglo-Norman noblewoman * Eva McLaren (1852–1921), British suffragist, writer, and political campaigner * Eva Melander (born 1974), Swedish actress * Eva Melmuková (1932–2022), Czech Lutheran theologist and historian * Eva Mendes (born 1974), American actress * Eva Merthen (1723–1811), known as "The Duchess of Finland" * Eva Miranda, Spanish mathematician * Eva Moll (born 1975), German contemporary artist * Eva Moltesen (1871–1934), Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist * Eva Moore (1870–1955), English actress * Eva Morris (1885–2000), native of England, known for a time as the oldest recognized person in the world * Eva Moskowitz (born 1964), U.S. educator and former politician * Eva Mosnáková (1929–2024), Slovak human rights activist * Eva Mottley (1953–1985), Barbadian-born British actress * Eva, birth name of Hatice Muazzez, mother of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II * Eva Mudocci (1872–1953), British violinist * Eva Neander (1921–1950), Swedish journalist * Eva Nedinkovska (born 1983), ethnic Macedonian singer * Eva Noblezada (born 1996), American theatre actress and singer * Eva Okaro (born 2006), British swimmer * Eva Pagels (born 1954), German field hockey player * Eva Palmer-Sikelianos (1874–1952), American choreographer and art historian * Eva Pawlik (1927–1983), Austrian figure skater * Eva Perón (1919–1952), Argentine First Lady, political leader, actor, and philanthropist; wife of Juan Perón * Eva Haljecka Petković (1870–1947), Serbian doctor * Eva Pel, Dutch visual artist * Eva Philbin (1914–2005), Irish chemist * Eva Pigford (born 1984), American model * Eva Polna (born 1975), Russian singer, composer, and songwriter * Eva Polttila (born 1946), Finnish TV news anchor * Eva Pölzing, German singer * Eva Pope (born 1967), British actress * Eva Püssa (born 1971), Estonian actress

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* Eva Reign, American actress and journalist * Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer * Eva Rysová (1932–2023), Slovak actress *

Eva Marie Saint Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American retired actress. In a career that spanned nearly 80 years, she won an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two British Academy Film Awa ...

(born 1924), American actress * Éva Sas (born 1970), French politician *

Eva Silverstein Eva Silverstein (born October 24, 1970) is an American theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and string theorist. She is a professor of physics at Stanford University and director of the Modern Inflationary Cosmology collaboration within the Si ...

(born 1970), American physicist and string theorist *

Eva Simons Eva Maria Simons is a Dutch singer-songwriter and music video director from Amsterdam. She is best known for her song "Policeman (Eva Simons song), Policeman" and collaborations with artists such as Afrojack; in 2012, Simons broke through interna ...

(born 1984), Dutch singer * Eva Siracká (1926–2023), Slovak physician * Eva Munson Smith (1843–1915), American composer, poet, author * Eva Švíglerová (born 1971), Czech professional tennis player * Eva Tanguay (1878–1947), Canadian-born vaudeville entertainer * Eva Griffith Thompson (1842–1925), American newspaper editor * Eva Todor (1919–2017), Brazilian actress * Eva Vlaardingerbroek (born 1996), Dutch legal philosopher, political commentator and activist * Eva Wilma (1933–2021), Brazilian actress * Eva Winther (1921–2014), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

* Eva, Marco's mother from the ''

Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of youth books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all si ...

'' book series * Eva, a character in the 2008 3D computer-animated film '' Igor'' * EVE, a character in the 2008 Pixar film ''

WALL-E ''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American animated Romance film, romantic science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton, produced b ...

'' whose name is mispronounced "Eva" by the film's title character * Eva, the Goddess of Water in the mythology of the MMORPG '' Lineage II'' * EVA, character in the ''Metal Gear'' video game series * Eva, a female keel-billed toucan who is Rafael's wife in '' Rio'' and '' Rio 2'' * Eva, a character in the Canadian animated television series '' Total Drama'' * Eva, one of the main characters in the anime series ''

Tweeny Witches is a Japanese anime television and original video animation series. Produced by Studio 4°C, the series is directed by Yoshiharu Ashino and written by Shinji Obara. Inspired by '' Through the Looking-Glass'', the story follows a young huma ...

'' * Eva, protagonist character in ''What's Left of Me'' by Kat Zhang * Eva Falco, a character in the British soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which originally began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. From 2005 to 2023, episodes h ...

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Eva Kant Eva Kant is an Italian comics character who originated in the series ''Diabolik'', issue #3 (3 March 1963). The character is extremely popular in Italy, where she reached the status of fashion icon. Fictional character biography Eva is the girlf ...

, character from ''Diabolik'' comics and ''Danger: Diabolik'' film * '' Eva Luna'', main character of Isabel Allende's picaresque novel * Eva Kviig Mohn, a main character in the Norwegian television series '' Skam'' * Eva Mapendo, in 2018 romantic drama series '' Ngayon at Kailanman'', portrayed by Julia Barretto * Evangeline St. Clare, called Eva, a major character in the novel ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two Volume (bibliography), volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans ...

'' * Eva Price, a character in the British soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' * Eva Strong, a character in the British soap opera ''

'' * Eva Ushiromiya, a character in the visual novel, manga and anime series ''

Umineko When They Cry is a Japanese dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. Its first episode debuted at Comiket 72 for Windows in August 2007. The story focuses on a group of eighteen people on a secluded island for a period of two days, ...

'' * Eva Wei, the main character of the Jetix animated television series ''Oban Star Racers'' * Eva Zimmer, a character in the webseries '' The Zimmer Twins'' * Eva Nilsson, character on the series '' Star Trek: Discovery'' * Eva, in the ''

Devil May Cry is a science fantasy action-adventure game franchise created by Hideki Kamiya. It is primarily developed and published by Capcom. The series centers on the demon hunter Dante (Devil May Cry), Dante and his efforts to thwart various demon invas ...

'' series *Eva Tsunaka, a character in the game '' Project: Eden's Garden''

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