Eve is an
English given name
English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England.
In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of one or more given names, commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly ...
for a
female
An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction.
A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...
, derived from the
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
name
Eva, in turn originating with the
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
(Chavah/Havah – ''chavah'', ''to breathe'', and ''chayah'', ''to live'', or ''to give life''). In Greece the name Eve is Evi (Εύη), a diminutive of the baptismal name Paraskevi.
History
The name has much religious significance in the
Abrahamic religions
The term Abrahamic religions is used to group together monotheistic religions revering the Biblical figure Abraham, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The religions share doctrinal, historical, and geographic overlap that contrasts them wit ...
.
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 ...
, according to Abrahamic tradition, is widely beloved as the mother of all of mankind. She was the first woman that God created, and she was both the wife and companion of
Adam
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam).
According to Christianity, Adam ...
.
Eve is described as being named ''Havah'' in the Torah.
The Catholic Church by ancient tradition recognizes both Adam and Eve (in Latin: ''Adam et Eva'') as saints. And the traditional liturgical feast of Saints Adam and Eve was celebrated on December 24 since the Middle Ages. Eve is first found as a name being used in England in the 12th century. However, the name did not gain much popularity until the
Protestant Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and ...
. As discussed in Kathleen M. Crowther's
Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation': "The story of Adam and Eve, ubiquitous in the art and literature of the period, played a central role in the religious controversies of sixteenth-century Europe... The story of Adam and Eve was of fundamental importance to sixteenth-century Protestant reformers who sought to ground Christian belief and salvation in the free grace of God..."
In pre-Reformation England the usage of the name Eve was most commonly associated with Jews, who used the form of ''Chavah/Havah''. The name in the form of ''Haya'' (also spelled ''Haiya'', ''Chaya'', or less commonly, ''Kaya'') and ''Haim'' are also derived from the root of ''Chavah/Havah''; all variations being commonly found throughout the world, especially the Middle East, to this day. Famous examples of individuals with such names are Princess
Haya of Jordan,
Haim Saban
Haim Saban (; ; born October 15, 1944) is an Israeli and American media proprietor, investor, musical composer and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an ...
, and
Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre.
The name ''
Evelyn'' itself is derived from ''Eve'', and was one of the most popular names for girls between 1910 and 1930.
Transliterations of Eve
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Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
: حواء (
Hawa /
Hava )
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Albanian: Eva / Hava
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Amharic
Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...
: ሔዋን (Ḥēwani)/ ሄዋን (Hēwani)
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Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...
: Eva
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Azerbaijani: Həvva
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Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
: Eba/Bezpera
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Belarusian: Ева (Jeva)
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Bosnian: Eva
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Breton: Eva
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Bulgarian: Ева (Eva)
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Burmese: ဧဝသည် (Ewasai)
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Catalan: Eva
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Chinese: 夏娃 (Xiàwá)
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Croatian: Eva
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Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
: Eva
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Dutch: Eva
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Estonian: Eve, Eeva, Evi
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Filipino: Eba
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Finnish: Eeva, Eevi
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French: Ève
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Ge'ez: Hiwan
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German: Eva
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Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
: (Evi)
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Georgian: ევა (Eva)
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Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
: חוה (Chava) (Hava) / (Hawa (ancient pronunciation)
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Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
: ईवा (Eeva)
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Hungarian: Éva
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Indonesian: Hawa, Eva, Evi, Evelyn, Evans, Evie, Evelina, Eveline, Evita
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Icelandic: Eva
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Irish: Éabha, Aoibhe
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Italian: Eva
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Japanese: イブ (Ibu)/ エバ (Eba)
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Javanese: Hawa
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Kazakh: Хауа (Xawa)
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Kyrgyz: Обо (Obo)/Ева (Eva)
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Korean: 이브 (Ibeu)
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Kurdish: حەوا (Ḧewa: Sorani / Hawa: Kurmanji)
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Lao: ເອວາ (E va)
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Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
: Eva (or, Heva)
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Lithuanian and
Latvian: Ieva, Īva, Eva, Evita
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Macedonian: Ева (Eva)/Ива (Iva)
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Malay: Hawa
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Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...
: ഹവ്വാ (Havvaa)
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Mongolian: Ева (Yeva)
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Old English
Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...
: Éfe
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Oromo: Hewaan
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Portuguese: Eva
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Pashto
Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...
: حوا (Hava / Hawa)
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Polish: Ewa
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Persian: حوا (Havva / Hawa)
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Romanian: Eva
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Russian: Eвa (Yeva)/ Эва (Ehva)
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Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...
: Eubha
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Serbian: Eva/Eвa
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Sindhi: حوا/हवअ (Hoa)
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Slovenian: Eva
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Slovak: Eva
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Spanish: Eva
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Swahili: Eva,
Hawa
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Tagalog: Eba
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Tajik: Ҳавво (Havvo)/Хавво (Xavvo)
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Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
: ஏவாள் (Ēvāḷ)
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Tatar: Хаува (Xawva)
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Telugu: హవ్వ (Havva)
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Thai: อีวา (Xīwā)/อีฟ (Xīf)
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Tigrinya: ሄዋን (Hewanə)
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Turkish: Havva
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Turkmen: How
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Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
: حوا (Hawa)
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Uzbek: Havva
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Uyghur: ھاۋا (Hawa/Һава)
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Ukrainian: Єва (Yeva)
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Vietnamese: Ê Va
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Welsh: Efa
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Yoruba: Efa
People called Eve
Given name
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Eve (entertainer) (born 1978), American hip-hop artist and actor
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Eve Ai
Eve Ai Yi-liang ( zh, t=艾怡良, p=Ài Yíliáng; born 24 March 1987) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. She was crowned the winner of Super Idol (Taiwan TV series), Super Idol 5 in 2010.
In 2017, she won Best Mandarin Female Singer at the 28t ...
(born 1987), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
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Eve Arden
Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens, April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990) was an American film, radio, stage and television actress. She performed in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades.
Beginning her film career in 1929 an ...
(1908–1990), American actress
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Eve Beglarian (born 1958), Armenian-American composer
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Eve Brodlique (1867-1949), British-born Canadian/American author, journalist
* Eve Carson (1985-2008), American university student and murder victim:
Murder of Eve Carson
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Eve Ensler (born 1953), American playwright
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Eve Gardiner (1913–1992), English beautician and remedial make-up artist
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Eve Jobs (born 1998), American fashion model; daughter of
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder o ...
and
Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs ( Powell; born November 6, 1963)United States birth records is an American billionaire businesswoman executive and philanthropist. She is the widow of Steve Jobs, who was the co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., and she m ...
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Eve McMahon (born 2004), Irish Olympic sailor
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Eve Muirhead (born 1990), Scottish curler
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Eve Myles (born 1978), Welsh actress
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Eve Oja (1948–2019), Estonian mathematician
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Eve Pancharoen (born 1981), Thai singer-songwriter
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Ève Paul-Margueritte (1885-1971), French novelist, translator
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Eve Pollard (born 1945), British journalist
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Eve Plumb (born 1958), American actor and painter
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Eve Queler (born 1931), American conductor
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Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950–2009), American queer theorist
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Eve Torres (born 1984), professional wrestler
Chava (Hebrew form)
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Chava Alberstein, Israeli singer
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Chava Lifshitz (1936–2005), Austrian-Israeli chemist
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Chava Rosenfarb, Yiddish writer
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Chava Shapiro, Volhynian Jewish writer
Surname
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Alice Eve (born 1982), British actress
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Angus Eve (born 1973), Trinidadian football (soccer) player
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Arthur Eve
Arthur Owen Eve (born March 23, 1933) is a retired American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (1967–2002) and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly (1979–2002) representing districts in Buffalo, New Yor ...
(born 1933), American politician
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Arthur Stewart Eve (1862–1948), English physicist
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Dick Eve (1901–1970), Australian diver who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
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Harry Trelawney Eve (1856–1940), English barrister, judge and politician
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Laverne Eve (born 1965), Bahamian javelin thrower
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Leecia Eve (born 1964), American attorney and politician
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Lisvel Elisa Eve (born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player
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Maria Louise Eve (1848-?), American poet
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Nomi Eve (born 1968), American author
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Trevor Eve (born 1951), British actor
See also
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Eve (disambiguation)
Eve is the first woman created by God according to the creation narrative of Abrahamic religions.
Eve or EVE may also refer to:
People
* Eve (rapper) (born 1978), American recording artist and actress
* Eve (Japanese singer) (born 1995), a ...
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Hawa (given name)
References
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